Incident date: 2017-02-27
NAICS industry code: 331314

An employee was operating a forklift, carrying an aluminum billet. Another employee was acting as a spotter for the forklift driver. The forklift operator placed the aluminum billet onto the storage rack and began moving away from the area. As the forklift operator was moving back from the area, the forks of the forklift caught another aluminum billet. The aluminum billet rolled off the storage rack and struck the employee who was acting as a spotter. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on the broken leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate