Incident date: 2018-06-14
NAICS industry code: 493110

A lift truck backed out of a sea container while another employee was walking by. Due to a blind spot, the lift truck operator did not see the employee. The lift truck then struck the employee, who suffered a hip fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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: Hip(s)
severity: moderate