Incident date: 2023-09-21
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was staging pallets using a powered industrial truck (PIT) and a racking system. The employee was backing out from under the racking system when the vehicle struck the rack and was caught between it and the PIT. The employee suffered two lacerations to their left shin, requiring hospitalization and stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate