Incident date: 2021-07-29
NAICS industry code: 488490

An employee was loading pallets of merchandise inside a parked trailer using a forklift. An operator attached his mule to the parked trailer and drove about 10 to 15 feet from the bay deck at the same time as the forklift operator was placing a pallet of merchandise inside the trailer. The employee and the forklift fell to the ground and the employee was hospitalized for a back strain.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Strains
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate