Incident date: 2020-12-23
NAICS industry code: 236210

A forklift was lowering a 7,500-pound motor onto timber cribbing. The timbers shifted and the motor moved, then slid off the forklift blades. It pinned an employee against a hydraulic skid, breaking the employee's left femur and right leg before the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Motors other than vehicle
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate