Incident date: 2023-09-25
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was holding a rigging line and assisting in the removal of an old light pole from its base. When the load was lifted by a forklift, it shifted. The tag line lifted the employee off the ground and propelled him through the air. The employee landed on the ground and sustained back fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate