Incident date: 2016-08-18
NAICS industry code: 445120

An employee was helping a co-worker to move a pallet that was in the way of the forklift. A cooler weighing approximately 3,000 lbs. that was on the forks of the forklift fell onto the employee's right hip and leg fracturing the hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate