Incident date: 2021-04-08
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was pulling parts to fulfill a customer order in the parts department. While utilizing a Work-Assist Vehicle (WAV) to pull two 89-lbs. axles, the remaining axles in inventory shifted. One axle rolled forward and struck the employee in the face. The employee sustained a fractured cheek bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Cheek(s)
severity: moderate