Incident date: 2024-01-16
NAICS industry code: 336412

An employee was assembling material on a conveyor while a nearby co-worker was moving a load of steel plate with a forklift. The steel plate dropped from the forklift and struck the employee, resulting in a broken leg that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Panels, sheets, plates  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate