Incident date: 2020-07-01
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was at a construction site, standing beside a vehicle track being carried by a forklift. The forklift lowered the track. As it hit the ground, the employee lost his balance and fell. A portion of the track slid off the forks and struck him as he tried to stand up. He suffered a broken back vertebra, a broken left eye socket, and a laceration to the back of the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate