Incident date: 2017-10-26
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was repairing a hydraulic cylinder on a forklift when his foot engaged the tilt for the forklift mast. He was then crushed between the forklift cage and the mast, suffering multiple rib fractures and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate