Incident date: 2018-05-14
NAICS industry code: 322110

An employee was using a forklift to unload a trailer of pulp material when the forklift struck a dock plate as he was backing out of the trailer. The forklift abruptly stopped, which caused the employee to suffer neck and back injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate