Incident date: 2015-08-21
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee was inspecting freight he had just placed in the aisle using a forklift when a forklift driver backed up and pinned the employee between the two forklifts. The employee sustained a broken hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate