Incident date: 2020-11-22
NAICS industry code: 333415

A maintenance employee was attempting to straighten a bent forklift extension so it would not slide off the fork. The fork extension broke, struck the employee, and caused the employee to fall. The employee was hospitalized for lower leg fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate