Incident date: 2018-04-03
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was unloading steel roofing panels at a construction site using a forklift with a spreader bar. The mast was fully extended when the forklift tipped forward. The employee's head struck the steel cage, suffering lacerations and a possible orbital fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate