Incident date: 2016-10-04
NAICS industry code: 238210

Two employees were installing a 25-foot, 1000-watt halide light onto anchor brackets using a forklift when the metal fixture broke at the knuckle, striking one employee in the head and the other in the back. The first employee was hospitalized with a head injury, and the second was hospitalized with fractured vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Lamps, light fixtures
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: low