Incident date: 2024-11-19
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was driving a rough-terrain forklift to a site using an access road. The employee pulled over to the side of the road to let a haul truck pass by. The edge of the road gave way, and the telehandler slid sideways into a borrow pit, landing on its side. The employee's T11 and T12 vertebrae were fractured due to the impact.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  jack-knifed or ran off driving surface
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  thoracic region
severity: moderate