Incident date: 2022-11-19
NAICS industry code: 561612

An employee was conducting a security walkthrough of a warehouse. The power went out. As the employee was walking back through the building toward the security post, a forward moving forklift struck the employee; its load then slid off its forks and fell onto the employee. The employee suffered a broken pelvis and ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate