Incident date: 2022-03-13
NAICS industry code: 445110

A forklift backed into an employee who was cutting straps off a pallet. The forklift struck the employee's mid- to upper back; the employee developed back pain and was hospitalized.

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: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate