Incident date: 2018-10-22
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was moving a pallet with a forklift. As he was turning, he backed into the rack behind him. This in turn pushed his body into the windshield of the forklift, causing it to break the glass protective screen, and his body bumped the forklift. He suffered lacerations to the left side of his face and fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate