Incident date: 2015-06-24
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was walking in a designated walkway though the warehouse on her way to the break room. A forklift driver drove a forklift into the walkway and did not see the employee. She was struck by the forklift blade on her ankle, and then fell to the concrete floor. She suffered lacerations and contusions to her ankle and thigh, as well as an unspecified head injury. She was hospitalized for treatment.

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