Incident date: 2024-03-18
NAICS industry code: 337215

Two employees were moving long steel tubing using a cart when a forklift drove by and struck the steel pipe. The pipe was propelled into the injured employee, fracturing their femur.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate