Incident date: 2024-04-15
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was operating a forklift to offload boxes from the trailer of an 18-wheel truck. The forklift was still in the trailer when the truck began to move, causing the forklift to slide off the truck. The employee jumped off the forklift and landed on the concrete below, resulting in broken bones and a punctured lung.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Lung(s), pleura
severity: moderate