Incident date: 2015-02-15
NAICS industry code: 562211

A Stericycle employee was labeling 55 gallon drums and a yard employee on a forklift was carrying palettes of fruit. The yard employee struck the Stericycle employee and pinned him between the palettes of fruit and the 55 gallon drums.  The accident resulted in a fracture just above the employee's right ankle.

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