Incident date: 2017-09-18
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was using a forklift to move a bale, weighing approximately 1000 lbs., to a c-can for storage. When the employee unsecured the bale from the forklift, the bale fell off the forklift and onto the employee, fracturing his ankles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate