Incident date: 2025-01-28
NAICS industry code: 331222

An employee was inside a metal container from which temporary panels (sitting on pallets in the container) were being pulled. The employee was holding on to the side of the panels to stabilize them as they were lifted by a forklift. The panels started to tilt and then fell onto his left leg. He suffered a broken femur and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural panels and sheets  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate