Incident date: 2022-06-20
NAICS industry code: 311712

An employee was directing a co-worker to pick up a pallet with a forklift. The employee went into the operator's cab and assisted in moving the steering wheel. As the employee was exiting the cab area, the co-worker accidentally pressed on the gas, moving the forklift forward and pinning the employee between the forklift and a pole. The employee suffered a right upper thigh and hip injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hip(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate