Incident date: 2018-01-23
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was unloading an I-beam from a flatbed truck and then hooked the I-beam's chains onto an all-terrain forklift's low back rest. He signaled the forklift driver to raise the I-beam. As the I-beam was being raised, the chain broke, causing one side of the I-beam to hit and break his left tibia. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Beams-unattached metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate