Incident date: 2021-03-10
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was operating a forklift in a trailer to move product when the forklift wheel caught on the dock plate and became stuck. When the forklift cleared the edge of the plate the employee's leg was pinned between the forklift and the trailer wall, resulting in a broken leg above the ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate