Incident date: 2024-03-05
NAICS industry code: 423860

An employee was moving a powder coating spindle rack with the help of a coworker on a forklift. When the forks raised up the rack tipped over and fell on the injured employee, resulting in a fractured L1 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving, racks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate