Incident date: 2021-02-22
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was assisting with moving steel columns and other materials around the jobsite. A steel column being moved by a forklift swung and struck the employee in his right lower leg, resulting in a broken fibula and tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate