Incident date: 2024-02-09
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a wheel loader with fork attachments to lift a steel plate measuring 40 feet by 8 feet by 1/4 inch. The plate shifted over the fork mast and tipped back toward the cab of the equipment, breaking the equipment's windshield. The plate then contacted the employee's left leg, resulting in a laceration to their left shin that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport
code_source: title: Bucket, front-end, and pay loaders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate