Incident date: 2017-03-10
NAICS industry code: 532490

Two employees towed a stuck forklift out of the dirt with another forklift. The injured employee got out of the stuck forklift and started removing the tow chain that connected the two forklifts. The other forklift jumped backwards, pinning the injured employee between the two forklifts and causing broken ribs and bruising to internal organs. The second forklift was running and was not in neutral at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate