Incident date: 2016-11-21
NAICS industry code: 561920

An employee was directing a powered industrial truck (PIT) operator on how to load onto a tractor trailer when the PIT operator reversed and pinned the employee between the PIT and the tractor trailer. The employee suffered a right lower leg injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high