Incident date: 2019-08-24
NAICS industry code: 321214

On 8/24/2019, an employee was unloading wooden building materials from a truck using a forklift. At the jobsite, a vehicle was in his way, so he lifted the load above the vehicle. The forklift then tipped forward. While the forklift was tipped, he attempted to exit the forklift and fell against the roll cage structure, fracturing his shoulder.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate