Incident date: 2023-03-07
NAICS industry code: 561720

An employee parked a forklift and stepped out to operate a trash compactor. The forklift then rolled back and pinned the employee's right leg against the trash compactor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken bone or muscle tear.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate