Incident date: 2022-11-01
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a forklift to pull a stuck forklift from a grassy/muddy area. While he was seated on his forklift, the chain broke and struck him in the face, breaking bones that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate