Incident date: 2020-07-08
NAICS industry code: 236220

A forklift was about to lower 800-pound steel decking, being carried on the forklift's forks. Instead the load titled forward and slid off the forks; it fell about 12 inches and hit an employee in the head and the ankle. The employee suffered fractures to the ankle, the tibia, and a back vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate