Incident date: 2024-09-03
NAICS industry code: 482111

An employee was operating a forklift with an H-pile strapped to the forks and the injured employee was signaling to them from the ground. The strapped H-pile bumped into another H-pile, causing the strap to slide off the fork. The H-pile fell onto the injured employee's right leg, resulting in a lacerated and fractured calf/leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams and rails  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations  unspecified
severity: moderate