Incident date: 2018-01-12
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was driving a forklift in reverse when it abruptly accelerated and he lost control. He struck a guardrail/walkway barrier, pinning and lacerating his lower left leg between the guardrail and the forklift. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate