Incident date: 2018-02-25
NAICS industry code: 311611

On February 25, 2018, an employee was operating a standup forklift and was following another standup forklift. When the first forklift slowed at an intersection, the injured employee's forklift collided with the first forklift. The forklift tine entered the operator's station and struck the injured employee's right foot resulting in a fracture requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Moving in same direction, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate