Incident date: 2024-08-27
NAICS industry code: 423820

An employee was moving a header using a forklift for a scheduled training session. The header rolled over the tire chocks and the employee was pinned between the header and the backrest of the forklift. He freed himself and then fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured sternum, fractured ribs, and punctured lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels
code_body: title: Multiple internal chest locations
severity: moderate