Incident date: 2017-10-31
NAICS industry code: 238120

Employees were erecting a large tent. The first column bent was put in place using a forklift. Once the column bent was released from the forklift, the column bent fell and struck the injured employee who was on all fours resulting in non-displaced fractured lower vertebrae, broken ribs and head injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Structural elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate