Incident date: 2016-11-23
NAICS industry code: 333923

A forklift with a nylon sling was loading counterweights when the sling failed, allowing a counterweight to fall and strike an employee's left leg, breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate