Incident date: 2020-05-07
NAICS industry code: 332323

An employee had just delivered a 30-foot cantilever gate. He began re-strapping his remaining load while others unloaded the gate. The gate slipped out of the forks of a skid steer, tipped over, and struck the employee's legs from behind. Both his ankles were broken and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Gates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate