Incident date: 2017-08-05
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was waiting on a forklift for another forklift driver to move out of the picking area so he could pull items for an order. When the forklift driver turned, the pallet it was carrying struck and broke the employee's ankle, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate