Incident date: 2016-09-22
NAICS industry code: 331521

On September 22, 2016, an employee was standing on the stairs next to a forklift that was prying solidified metal off a metal casting. The forklift freed the metal and it struck the employee in the chest and face, causing the employee to fall 4 or 5 feet backwards over a guardrail. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Stairs, steps, unspecified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate