Incident date: 2023-03-03
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was in a wooden basket on a high-reach forklift. While being raised, the basket fell off the forks. The employee and the basket landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with two broken ankles and a compressed spine.

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