Incident date: 2022-06-22
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was using a stand-up forklift to move pallets in a warehouse. As he was backing up the lift, it made contact with a pallet that had a splintered piece of wood, which punctured his left calf. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
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