Incident date: 2019-02-28
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was putting a slide cover back onto a forklift after changing the battery. The pallet jack was moved back, pinning the employee between the side of the forklift and the front frame of the battery changer. He suffered a fractured pelvis and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate