Incident date: 2019-12-06
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was helping to lift tin panels off a flatbed truck. A spreader bar fell off the tines of a forklift and struck the employee, who fell backward onto the trailer. He suffered a broken left ankle, a contusion to the back/neck, and a laceration to the head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate