Incident date: 2020-02-10
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was on the loading dock while another employee was using a forklift to load a trailer. As the employee turned to get a pallet jack, the employee's foot became pinched between the rear of the forklift and the dock plate. The employee was hospitalized with a broken ankle and tendon damage.

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: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate