Incident date: 2018-08-03
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was training with a trainer to operate a high reach forklift when the employee crashed into another parked fork truck, suffering a fractured ankle that required hospitalization and surgery. The employee's leg was outside of the forklift at the time of the incident.

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