Incident date: 2019-03-14
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was operating a forklift to stack pallets. While the employee was backing up, the forklift began to fall from the loading dock. He attempted to dismount the forklift, but it pinned his leg and knee. He was later hospitalized for a blood clot in his leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate