Incident date: 2021-01-26
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was unbinding cages from a live-haul trailer in preparation for unloading. The employee completed the trailer and proceeded to the other side of the loading area to start on the next trailer. The employee was struck by a reversing forklift and was hospitalized with a fractured right 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)
severity: moderate