Incident date: 2024-08-21
NAICS industry code: 423130

An employee was operating an order picker in a warehouse. While backing down an aisle, the employee struck a 60-inch-by-60-inch pallet being lifted by another order picker. The employee suffered a tear to the cartilage surrounding their hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Other cartilage fractures and tears  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate