Incident date: 2022-07-28
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was working on the main hydraulic "pipe" of a forklift, whose carriage had been raised about 4 feet so the employee could do the work. The carriage fell and struck the employee, who suffered a head laceration, a dislocated shoulder, and a broken leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate