Incident date: 2019-09-23
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was operating a forklift loaded with rebar. The front left wheel of the forklift hit a lower/uneven surface, causing the forklift to tip over. As the employee was getting away from the forklift, the fork or the rebar struck him and knocked him to the ground. He suffered a broken right femur, severe bruising of the right arm, and cuts and scratches on the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate