Incident date: 2024-03-14
NAICS industry code: 327390

An employee was loading a light pole base onto the forks of a forklift when the weight of the base caused it to come back toward him and his leg became pinched between the light pole base and another light pole base that was on the ground. The employee sustained injury to his left leg just above the ankle and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural blocks  stone and masonry
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate