Incident date: 2022-10-13
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was unloading a truck with a forklift. The employee noticed a damaged case of product and dismounted the forklift, which then moved forward and struck his right leg with one of its forks. He suffered a torn Achilles tendon.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate