Incident date: 2021-08-23
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was backing up a forklift to line up and put a pallet of product in a storage rack, when he struck a rack beam. The beam dislodged and hit him in the back. He was hospitalized for a contusion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate