Incident date: 2020-06-11
NAICS industry code: 321219

An employee was walking from the maintenance shop to the warehouse area. He was struck in the back by a sit-down forklift that was carrying two stacks of oriented strand board (OSB) that had been recently heat-treated. Each stack weighed approximately 3,500 pounds and had a temperature of approximately 250 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee sustained burn injuries to his lower back and buttocks, a puncture wound to his right forearm, and contusions to his ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate