Incident date: 2018-11-16
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was helping move a fusion welding unit with a forklift and a sling. The unit was frozen to the ground; when it was suddenly freed it swung, hit a pole, and knocked the employee to the ground, lacerating his face and breaking both his ankles. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate