Incident date: 2015-07-24
NAICS industry code: 238110

On 07/24/2015, at 1:15 PM, an employee was struck by the front tire of a forklift truck while stabilizing a compressor that was being transported. The employee stumbled and fell, and the forklift ran up his right leg, crushing it nearly to the knee. The employee's left foot got crushed and he suffered broken bones in his right leg (tibia and fibula).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate