Incident date: 2015-10-21
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was on the ground performing a safety check on his fork truck when another fork truck driver backed into the aisle and pinned the injured employee between the two fork trucks. Both lower legs were crushed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate