Incident date: 2025-04-07
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was using a standing forklift to store two pallets in an upper location and was lowering them into the final position when the upper pallet containing tires became unstable. The employee exited the forklift to adjust the pallet when it fell and the tires struck the employee. The employee sustained a fractured tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate