Incident date: 2018-09-04
NAICS industry code: 441110

Two employees were cleaning a car in a car lot. One of them was struck by a pallet carried by a forklift, suffering a broken arm, broken shoulder, broken ribs, and ruptured spleen. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate