Incident date: 2015-09-30
NAICS industry code: 321918

While an employee was moving lumber in row one using a diesel-powered forklift, the top two packs of lumber in row two fell onto the forklift, causing the forklift cage to fail. The cage then struck the employee, fracturing his scapula and dislocating his collarbone. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate