Incident date: 2019-08-08
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee was operating a sit-down forklift to stack pallets when they fell over. The employee got off the forklift to straighten them and was struck by additional falling pallets. The employee was hospitalized with sternum and rib fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate