Incident date: 2025-08-07
NAICS industry code: 331315

An employee had just fixed a loose aluminum coil on a rack while raised about 11 feet into the air on a forklift. While he was being lowered, he fell from the forks to the floor, suffering two fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured cervical vertebra. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate