Incident date: 2020-10-24
NAICS industry code: 481112

An employee was moving an empty pallet with his foot. A loaded container that was being moved by a forklift struck the empty pallet and the employee's foot was caught between the pallet and a steel frame. The foot sustained fractures that requires surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate