Incident date: 2019-04-03
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was transporting a box placed on the seat beside him on the forklift. The box fell while the forklift was in motion. The employee reached down to retrieve it and lost control of the forklift while going down a ramp. When the employee tried to regain control, he was ejected from the forklift and injured his hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate