Incident date: 2023-01-23
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was kneeling around a drain in a parking garage to perform cleaning tasks. A forklift operator was moving a pallet of concrete blocks. The forklift struck and pinned the injured employee between the ground and the pallet. He sustained an arm fracture and pain in the back and ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate