Incident date: 2024-08-28
NAICS industry code: 561621

The injured employee was spotting for a forklift that was loading 2,000-pound ammunition crates onto a flatbed truck. One of the ammo crates turned on its side, fell off the forklift, and crushed the spotter's foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate