Incident date: 2019-05-29
NAICS industry code: 336211

On May 29, 2019, a forklift was picking up a wooden pallet with parts on it off of a flat bed trailer. The pallet broke and the parts fell off the skid and bounced off the trailer, striking an employee that was walking by on the left knee. The employee was hospitalized for a knee fracture and lacerations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate