Incident date: 2017-05-10
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was elevated in a scissor lift, attempting to remove straps from a section of wall that was being lifted by a forklift. The forklift backed up while the straps were still connected and pulled the wall onto the employee in the scissor lift. The employee suffered a broken hip and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate