Incident date: 2015-05-05
NAICS industry code: 423710

While using a material handling device, an employee did not realize that the lifting platform had not fully returned to the warehouse floor. The employee stepped off of the platform and fell approximately 30 inches, fracturing her right leg below the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate