Incident date: 2020-12-15
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing fiber optic cable from a scissor lift. A forklift backed into the scissor lift, causing the employee to fall to the floor about 20 feet below and land head/face first. The employee suffered severe head trauma and broken bones.

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 and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate