Incident date: 2017-10-23
NAICS industry code: 423610

An employee in an order picker was traveling backwards at a height of approximately 4 feet when the picker struck a racking guide rail. Upon impact, he was thrown from the machine to the floor, suffering head trauma and skull fractures. PPE was not worn at the time.

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: Skull fracture and intracranial injury
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate