Incident date: 2023-10-04
NAICS industry code: 312111

Two employees were scrapping an out-of-service forklift to send it to the scrap yard. As they were lifting the broken forklift with another forklift, a chain snapped and struck the employee in the chest/abdomen. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained a lacerated pancreas and injures to the spleen and gallbladder. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate