Incident date: 2015-08-15
NAICS industry code: 238160

On Saturday, August 15, 2015, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee was operating a forklift at a roofing project jobsite. He was reversing the forklift when he made a sharp 90-degree turn with the boom extended, causing the forklift to overturn. He sustained injuries to his toes on the right foot and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate