Incident date: 2016-11-10
NAICS industry code: 423320

An employee was changing steel form panels to create a box culvert. The corner panel (located on a forklift) had a loose screw that broke, causing the load to disengage and drop 6 inches. A panel fell on the employee's foot, causing an injury that required that hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Metal plates, metal panels
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate