Incident date: 2024-03-05
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was using a forklift to haul an empty cart. The forklift struck racking and the cart caught the racking causing fixtures to fall onto the forklift. This resulted in fractures to the employee's left shoulder and scapula, and a left thigh hematoma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate