Incident date: 2022-08-30
NAICS industry code: 492110

On August 30, 2022, a forklift was raising a pallet stacked with totes when the load shifted and fell onto a nearby employee. She was knocked to the ground and suffered a contusion, a laceration, swelling, and bruising to the top of her right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Boxes, crates, cartons
code_nature: title: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate