Incident date: 2023-08-22
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was operating a forklift to load empty racking systems onto the bed of a trailer. The employee parked the forklift on the dock plate and entered the trailer to adjust one of the racks. The parking brakes failed and the forklift began to roll, pinning the employee between the forklift and a rack in the trailer. The employee sustained fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate