Incident date: 2021-08-10
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was using a hammer to break a landscaping stone that was sitting on the forks of a forklift. The stone broke apart and hit the employee's right leg, causing a compound fracture of the fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bricks, blocks, structural stone, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate