Incident date: 2017-04-24
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was lifting a trash compactor off the shipping skid using a forklift. The compactor started to lean over and the employee was struck by the falling compactor as he tried to catch it. The employee suffered injuries to the face and mouth and lost a few teeth.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Trash compactors
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Tooth (teeth)
severity: moderate