Incident date: 2017-05-15
NAICS industry code: 336320

An employee was using a forklift to move pallets from the warehouse to the back side of the building when the forklift struck the building's gas shut-off valve, igniting the battery and starting a fire. The employee suffered second degree burns to both arms and first degree burns to the face and forehead.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: MULTIPLE DISEASES, CONDITIONS, AND DISORDERS
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate