Incident date: 2023-12-11
NAICS industry code: 311811

On December 11, 2023, an employee was using a forklift to move pallets. He got off the forklift to straighten the pallets. The forklift mast struck him from behind and pinned him against the stack of pallets. The employee sustained fractures to their right arm, a leg, and an ankle. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate