Incident date: 2019-01-03
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was walking across the furnace floor and was passing an I-beam column at the same time that a forklift was in operation. The operator did not see the employee due to the I-beam and hit him with the forklift, injuring his head and chest. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate