Incident date: 2023-01-17
NAICS industry code: 335221

An employee reported to work at 2:00 p.m. and conducted a pre-shift inspection on a stand-up powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee was standing on the PIV with their hands over their head when they fell 10 inches from the forklift platform onto the concrete floor, resulting in injuries to their back and to the back of their head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate