Incident date: 2023-08-17
NAICS industry code: 423710

On August 17, 2023, an employee was operating an order picker that was carrying empty pallets. The employee went to avoid a pallet in his path when the vehicle collided with a rack, causing the pallets to fall from the vehicle. His leg was pinned between the order picker and the stack of pallets, resulting in leg fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate