Incident date: 2015-08-18
NAICS industry code: 423120

An employee was attempting to relocate a pallet of car batteries while operating a forklift with the forks elevated. As he attempted to turn, the forklift flipped over and pinned him beneath the roll-over protector and the ground. He suffered blunt force trauma to the upper torso and ruptured his spleen, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
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