Incident date: 2025-02-24
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was on the ground while directing a forklift as it was unloading pallets of cement bags from the back of a flatbed truck. The employee slipped on ice and fell. While they were lying on the ground, the forklift stopped and a bag of cement weighing approximately 70 pounds fell off the forklift approximately 2.5 feet and landed on the employee's ankle. The employee suffered a fractured left ankle.

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: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate