Incident date: 2022-02-15
NAICS industry code: 221118

Employees had just loaded a transformer onto a heavy haul trailer using a jack and slide system. They were removing a section of rail from the system, with one end of the rail chained to the forks of a forklift. While they were backing out from underneath the transformer, a 15-foot section of rail fell from the forks and hit an employee's leg. He suffered injuries to the calf and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate