Incident date: 2018-12-21
NAICS industry code: 327991

Two employees were unloading a slab of granite weighing about 1,000 pounds from a fifth-wheel trailer to an A-frame on the ground, using a clamp attached to a rented forklift. The A-frame shifted and the slab tipped over. One of the employees suffered a broken tibia and fibula, requiring surgical repair and pins; the other suffered several broken bones in the leg, as well as a possible broken hip and shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Stone, marble, granite slabs
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: low