Incident date: 2018-10-15
NAICS industry code: 331523

An employee was preparing a die to be lifted with a forklift while a second employee was positioning the forklift to pick up the die. The second employee crushed the first employee between a rack and the forklift while moving it into position. The first employee suffered multiple rib fractures on both sides.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate