Incident date: 2021-06-02
NAICS industry code: 332312

On June 2, 2021, at 8:20 a.m., an employee was driving a forklift uphill that was holding bundles of beams that became unstable. With the forks on the ground, the employee attempted to move a board that was part of the load supporting the stack of bundles, causing one bundle to fall and pin the employee's leg between it and a bundle that had previously fallen. The employee was hospitalized due to a contusion to the left knee and leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate