Incident date: 2025-02-07
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee was using a truck-mounted forklift to unload sod from a flatbed trailer. The weight of the load caused the machine to tilt forward, causing him to fall out of his seat. The employee sustained a laceration to his head and right shin and scraped his left shin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate