Incident date: 2015-10-31
NAICS industry code: 423140

The injured employee was helping a nearby forklift operator move a pallet of copper wire to a staging area. The employee was standing directly next to the load as it was being lifted. Once the operator attempted to move the forklift, the top unit of copper wire slid off the bottom unit, striking the employee in his left leg. The employee sustained two broken bones in the left leg requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate