Incident date: 2015-12-09
NAICS industry code: 493190

Two employees operating stand-up reach trucks were rounding a corner at the same time and collided. One employee was traveling with the forks behind him and the other employee was traveling with the forks in front him. The truck traveling with the forks in front struck the other employee in the lower leg, causing a compound fracture to the tibia and crushing the left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate