Incident date: 2019-02-15
NAICS industry code: 332311

On February 15, 2019, a truck driver was unstrapping metal beams from a flat truck. A forklift on the opposite side of the truck lifted the beams and they fell onto the driver, breaking ribs and other bones. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate