Incident date: 2019-01-07
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was driving a forklift while another employee drove a second forklift behind him. The first employee slowed down and made a U-turn. The second employee did not see the first employee and the two forklifts collided. One of the employees suffered a laceration on the left foot and a fractured heel bone, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Heel(s)
severity: moderate