Incident date: 2017-05-15
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was removing the tie-down straps from a slab lift clamp that was on a trailer when a forklift hit the top of the clamp on the opposite side, causing the clamp to roll off the trailer and strike the employee's left leg. His left leg broke above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate