Incident date: 2024-01-04
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee exited the PIT to move a piece of wood that had been pinned under its wheel. The PIT moved and pinned the employee between it and a steel building support column. The employee sustained shoulder and chest injuries including broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate