Incident date: 2021-07-20
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was calibrating elevated refrigeration probes while inside a cage about 15 to 20 feet off the ground, chained and padlocked to the forks of a forklift. The forklift backed into a safety bollard. The cage broke free as the chains and padlock snapped. It fell to the ground and the employee suffered a broken back with spinal cord damage.

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: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate