Incident date: 2024-03-25
NAICS industry code: 561910

An employee was receiving a 1,500 pound plastic tote of potassium hydroxide from a forklift. The load slipped off the forks as it was being lowered and struck the injured employee's right ankle, fracturing it. They were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate