Incident date: 2023-11-22
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift to move metal cages that contained finished rubber tires. The employee had just moved a cage and did not have a load on the forks when the forklift struck a metal column. The employee was ejected from the forklift and her left foot was caught between the vehicle and a metal column, resulting in an open fracture to the lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate