Incident date: 2016-03-08
NAICS industry code: 236220

Workers were removing a load of rebar from the jobsite with a rough terrain forklift when the load of rebar shifted. An employee on the ground was struck by the falling load and ended up falling onto cribbing, fracturing the right ring finger, left pelvis, and tailbone. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate