Incident date: 2022-02-07
NAICS industry code: 811310

On February 7, 2022, an employee fell 52.2 inches off the top of a vehicle engine to the concrete floor while repairing a rough terrain forklift. The engine cover had been removed and the employee was standing on the top of the engine to reach and remove a pin from a lift boom cylinder. The employee suffered a fractured left hip that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate