Incident date: 2023-11-27
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was in the yard directing a forklift to move steel beams closer together on dunnage. The forklift boom was reaching over a stack of I-beams and while moving one of the stacks, the boom struck a lower level of dunnage and knocked over a 50-foot long I-beam weighing approximately 1,800 pounds. The I-beam struck the employee's legs from behind, breaking both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate