Incident date: 2025-02-12
NAICS industry code: 423820

An employee was using a forklift with its legs extended to pick up a double-stacked crate that contained pieces of a backhoe. He got off the forklift and was manually repositioning the crate when it fell on him. He suffered a crushed pelvis and an injury to their L5 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate