Incident date: 2015-06-11
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee broke his leg above the foot when it was pinned between forklift forks and material. He had started the forklift as he was standing beside it and raised the forks a few inches off the ground. He then went in front of the forklift to adjust the distance of the forks. While he was talking with another employee, the forklift started rolling forward. The emergency brakes were not applied at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate