Incident date: 2020-06-25
NAICS industry code: 311615

A Tyson Poultry commercial motor vehicle driver was struck from behind by an empty cage being carried on a three-wheel forklift. The driver suffered lacerations to the right elbow and the top of the left hand, a compound fracture to the right tibia and fibula, fractures to three lower-back vertebrae, and body abrasions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate