Incident date: 2022-08-29
NAICS industry code: 424110

Employees were installing a 1,000-pound transformer when it fell approximately 6 feet from a mounting stand that was lifted by a forklift. It struck an employee and a machine on the way down, coming to rest with its top on the machine and its bottom on the floor. The employee suffered a broken right arm, a broken tibia and fibula, and a head laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate