Incident date: 2015-02-10
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee suffered a ruptured ear drum and a fractured cheekbone after being struck in the head by a below-the-hook lifting device while changing a forklift battery on February 10, 2015.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate