Incident date: 2019-11-03
NAICS industry code: 311423

An employee was standing on the elevated forks of a forklift to reach racking in a warehouse. As he was being lowered down from the racking, the forklift shifted, causing him to lose his balance and fall approximately 5 feet to the ground. He suffered closed head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate