Incident date: 2024-10-28
NAICS industry code: 221112

An employee was manually steadying a piece of switchgear on a forklift when the load shifted and the switchgear struck the employee, resulting in a fractured rib and vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
code_source: title: Switchboards, panels, fuses
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate