Incident date: 2015-08-17
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was using a forklift to receive trim from an upper shelf. The unbalanced load caused the forklift to tip over. The employee's right leg was fractured by the lift's mast when the employee tried to exit the forklift as it was tipping.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate