Incident date: 2022-10-04
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were staging I-beam supports for new construction. As the forklift was lowering an I-beam, it shifted and struck an employee in the left foot and shin, causing an open fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: moderate