Incident date: 2025-04-30
NAICS industry code: 331512

A forklift was loading bundles of pipe onto a trailer. One of the bundles weighing approximately 1,200 pounds dislodged and fell off the trailer, striking two employees that were standing on the back side of the trailer. Both employees were injured. One employee was struck in the legs, sustaining fractures in both legs. His left leg had to be amputated above the knee on 5/2/2025. The second employee sustained multiple injuries including a broken pelvis and kidney damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: low