Incident date: 2023-08-02
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was cleaning a 400-pound concrete block mold situated on a forklift about 5 feet off the ground. The mold head fell and struck the employee's left thigh, lacerating it and breaking his left ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate