Incident date: 2015-08-08
NAICS industry code: 112390

An employee was operating a diesel powered forklift to move cages off a truck. He exited the forklift and walked away to inspect the cages. Another employee entered the forklift to operate it, moved it forward, and struck and pinned the employee. The employee was struck on the right leg and hand. The employee suffered a right tib/fib fracture and right thumb and index finger fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate