Incident date: 2024-03-20
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee picked up a short stack of material to put blocks underneath when a stack of steel material that was being lifted by a forklift shifted and fell on the employee's ankles. The employee sustained a fractured ankle and a torn Archilles tendon that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Variable restraint containers  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and soft tissue injuries
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate