Incident date: 2015-06-18
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was operating a forklift to unload equipment when he accidentally disabled the parking brake while getting out of the forklift to readjust the load. The forklift started rolling toward him.  In the process of getting out of the way of the forklift, his thigh got cut on the deck of the forklift.  He was hospitalized and received stitches.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate