Incident date: 2023-10-26
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was sweeping up in an area near a cardboard baler. A forklift driver was driving through the warehouse with bales on the forks. The bales on the front left side of the forklift struck the employee, causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the ground. The employee was knocked unconscious and was hospitalized.

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: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate