Incident date: 2015-01-04
NAICS industry code: 491110

Employee was loading a trailer with a forklift when the left leg of the trailer collapsed, causing the trailer to tilt to the left. This caused the forklift and employee to slide to the left, striking the trailer wall and causing an acute spinal injury to the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Sudden start or stop, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate