Incident date: 2018-12-02
NAICS industry code: 445299

An employee was using a powered industrial truck to transfer and deliver palletized supplies to a staging area. The employee was found lying on the ground next to his truck, which had struck a storage rack and was partially underneath it. He was hospitalized, having suffered rib damage and a punctured lung.

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: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate