Incident date: 2024-07-31
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee had been operating a forklift equipped with a clamp attachment. He was transitioning to another powered industrial truck (PIT) when he struck his left knee on a part of the equipment and sustained a laceration to the knee requiring sutures and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Walked or ran into stationary object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate