Incident date: 2015-05-09
NAICS industry code: 332812

On May 9, 2015, an employee was operating a Raymond stand-up forklift when the forklift hit a protective rack on the top and caught the arms of the counter leaver.  The aluminum extrusions bundle weighing 1,000 pounds came down and struck the employee. He was hospitalized with injuries to his right arm and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate