Incident date: 2017-05-24
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was stabbing a valve on a stack while guiding a forklift operator who was lifting and holding the rigged valve. The strap slipped off the valve, allowing the valve to fall and strike the employee's lower left leg, breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Valves, nozzles
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate