Incident date: 2017-12-06
NAICS industry code: 493110

On December 6, 2017, at 5:00 a.m., an employee was adjusting the forks of his forklift after loading a trailer when another forklift operator backed into his forklift. The forklift impact fractured his left leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle propelled by another vehicle in  nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate