Incident date: 2024-05-24
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was using a forklift to move a metal pallet storage rack (24' L x 44" W and weighing 350-400 lbs.). He left the seat of the forklift to manually assist with moving the rack into place while a second forklift still had one side lifted. The rack slid off the forklift tines and struck the employee on the thighs, knocking him to the ground. He sustained a compression fracture of his L4 vertebra.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving, racks
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate