Incident date: 2016-04-12
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was helping to stabilize an optical comparator on the forks of a forklift when the machine shifted slightly. One corner of the machine slipped off the edge of the fork and hit the employee's leg above the ankle. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Product testing, inspecting, and diagnostic machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate