Incident date: 2020-01-29
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was moving a pallet of material using a reach truck/powered industrial vehicle when the pallet began falling from the forks. The employee reached out to stop the materials from falling and then dismounted the truck to stop it. The truck continued to move, and his left leg was pinned and crushed between the truck and a nearby railing.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate