Incident date: 2021-08-31
NAICS industry code: 325412

An employee was operating a stand-up reach forklift in a warehouse. The forklift struck a guardrail and ejected the employee, who landed on the floor and suffered multiple rib fractures, a lung issue, and muscle damage around the hip.

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 and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate