Incident date: 2019-09-30
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was preparing to perform maintenance on a reach truck. While standing on the forks of the truck, the carriage lowered and struck the employee in the abdomen. The employee sustained injury to the intestines.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate