Incident date: 2021-02-19
NAICS industry code: 488410

On February 19, 2021, an employee was backing up an off-road forklift onto a trailer for transport when the forklift's right front wheel came off of the trailer, causing the forklift to overturn. The employee was hospitalized for a laceration to the back of his head and broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate