Incident date: 2017-10-31
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was loading a parked trailer using a forklift when the trailer began to drive off. The forklift with the employee rolled off the trailer and landed on its back side. He suffered spinal injuries and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to spinal cord, unspecified
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate