Incident date: 2023-04-27
NAICS industry code: 321912

On April 27, 2023, at approximately 10:20 AM, the injured employee was walking when they were struck by a forklift that was driving in reverse. He fell on his back and his right leg was caught between the rear right tire of the forklift and the ground, resulting in a laceration and strain to his left leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate