Incident date: 2020-08-17
NAICS industry code: 332116

An employee was standing by a press, waiting for a fork truck to drop off a metal coil. The coil was set on the floor and the fork truck backed out. The coil started to roll, then fell over while the employee was trying to balance it. It struck the employee's right leg, causing a fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate