Incident date: 2025-04-17
NAICS industry code: 424520

An employee was operating a vertical mast skid steer loader as he was moving bags of corn from the calf barn to a collection site. The employee unloaded the bags of corn when the attached forks, which were extended up, detached from the loader. As the forks swung downward, the force caused the forks to crash through the operator's front cab door and into the employee's legs. The employee sustained two broken legs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine front attachments
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate