Incident date: 2023-06-28
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was using a forklift to load material into a trailer when the trailer pulled away from the dock. The forklift and the employee dropped from the dock and the impact from the drop caused a vertebral fracture and lung bruising.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate