Incident date: 2019-09-13
NAICS industry code: 335122

An employee was operating a standup forklift in reverse after placing a skid of material on the storage rack. The forklift struck a boom attachment that was stored in the area and the boom struck the employee's left leg causing a compound fracture to the lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate