Incident date: 2024-02-05
NAICS industry code: 423610

On February 5, 2024, an employee was in a wire shipping basket supported/elevated by the forks of a powered industrial truck. The basket became displaced from the forks and the employee fell approximately 5 feet to the ground below and suffered multiple rib fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate