Incident date: 2017-10-25
NAICS industry code: 325612

An employee was driving a forklift when the left fork hit a support beam, causing the employee to then hit the cage of the truck. He sustained three fractured vertebrae in his neck and a forehead gash.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate