Incident date: 2019-02-16
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was helping a forklift operator stabilize a load in the top pallet. The employee steadied the load while the operator adjusted the forks. The top pallet slipped and struck the employee in the right leg, breaking the tibial plateau.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate