Incident date: 2015-04-24
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee was strapping down building material on a trailer. A second employee who was operating a forklift did not see the first employee and backed up. He ran over the first employee, causing a fracture and open wound to the first employee's left leg just above his ankle. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate