Incident date: 2015-08-20
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was guiding a forklift driver to a specific area. The forklift hit a chuck hole in the ground, causing the load to shift and fall onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained a broken fibula and tibia, several broken metatarsals, and a fractured foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate