Incident date: 2016-05-26
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was operating a stand-up high reach truck.  As the employee was traveling, the lift struck a pallet that was on the floor.  When the lift struck the pallet, the employee was ejected from the lift and struck a nearby rack where he injured his lower back and fractured his pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate