Incident date: 2024-08-07
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was spotting for a forklift carrying a dumpster when the left fork broke and the injured employee was struck by the flying fork part. The employee sustained a laceration to their right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine front attachments
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate