Incident date: 2024-06-02
NAICS industry code: 325220

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to move a pallet of product that was sitting on the floor in an aisle of the finishing warehouse next to metal racking. The forklift cab went under the middle shelf and his torso became caught between the metal shelf (at his back) and the forklift steering control stick (at his front). He was hospitalized with possible fractured ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate