Incident date: 2017-11-06
NAICS industry code: 424210

An employee was using a cherry picker to retrieve an order from pallets that were approximately 20 feet high. A swing reach forklift struck the cherry picker causing it and the employee to fall to the ground. The employee was wearing a harness at the time. The employee was hospitalized for injuries requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate