Incident date: 2024-09-13
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was having issues with a forklift while maneuvering a pallet in the warehouse. He parked and dismounted the forklift and his colleague entered the operator cab to maneuver the pallet. The colleague reversed the forklift and struck the injured employee on his right side, resulting in a broken right foot.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate