Incident date: 2024-12-13
NAICS industry code: 332996

An employee was standing near a rack of pipes while waiting for a forklift driver to deliver more pipes. The driver was turning into the aisle when three pipes slipped off the forks and onto the ground. One pipe bounced and struck the employee, resulting in a facial fracture, broken rib, punctured lung, and spleen laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate