Incident date: 2017-01-18
NAICS industry code: 562910

An employee was working on an overhead garage door. He was in the bucket of a fork truck when he lost his balance and shifted his weight to the right side. The bucket's screws popped out and the bucket came apart. The employee fell 10 feet to the concrete floor, cracking his ribs and puncturing his lung. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate