Incident date: 2017-06-20
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was standing on a pallet on a forklift that was raised 10 feet to retrieve material from a shelf when he lost his balance and fell to the floor, suffering a broken neck vertebra, broken rib, and head laceration. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate