Incident date: 2019-12-10
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was walking behind a forklift when the forklift started to back up. The forklift operator did not see the employee and struck him. He suffered a fractured left tibia and broken left ankle.

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: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate