Incident date: 2024-06-18
NAICS industry code: 335311

An employee was spotting a forklift operator and assisting the operator in driving through a tunnel to take a 3-phase, pad-mount transformer to where it will be evaluated. The injured employee was struck by the forklift and sustained a fracture to the left tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate