Incident date: 2019-03-14
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was serving as a lookout for a forklift operator who was picking up steel beams to move them on the job site. The forklift arm caught something on the ground and caused the load to bounce. When the load bounced, the beams toppled over. The employee was then pinned between a steel beam and a vehicle, suffering a cut to the upper left leg and bruising on the upper right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate