Incident date: 2017-07-05
NAICS industry code: 238130

An employee was using a forklift to put a wooden header into place when the header fell off the fork tines and broke a wall brace, causing the wall frame to come loose and strike the employee's right leg. The employee suffered a broken right femur and was hospitalized.

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: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate