Incident date: 2025-08-01
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was assisting with moving a heat exchanger (1,800 pounds) off a pallet jack when the heat exchanger became unstable and fell onto him. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their pelvis and left forearm, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate