Incident date: 2019-10-03
NAICS industry code: 452910

An employee was driving a stand-up forklift and carrying a load as part of his stocking duties. He was going down the same aisle as another employee that was also driving the same kind of forklift. The employee in front suddenly stopped and reversed with the forks in the high position, striking the employee that was behind him. The employee was hospitalized with puncture injuries to the right calf and main arteries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate