Incident date: 2017-02-10
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was using chains to tighten a forklift onto a truck when a chain broke and struck the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with a tibia fracture, talus fracture, and lateral malleolus fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Chains, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate