Incident date: 2024-09-25
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was loading HVAC components onto the back of a flatbed truck using a forklift. The employee got onto the flatbed to adjust/position the pallet to make room for a second pallet. The materials on top of the pallet shifted and moved toward the employee. The employee then jumped off the flatbed to the pavement four feet below, resulting in a fractured left tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Other semi, tractor-trailer
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate