Incident date: 2020-02-03
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was building an electrical rack (support rack) with an 8' by 20' steel plate (2,200 lbs.). The employee was helping to hold the plate vertically while a forklift driver was trying to turn it over when the forklift bumped the steel plate, causing it to fall on top of the employee's legs. The employee suffered a broken right tibia, fibula, and femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate