Incident date: 2024-03-21
NAICS industry code: 312111

The injured employee parked a mid-center forklift adjacent to a counterbalance forklift inside a racking bay. As they exited the mid-center forklift, they were struck by the counterbalance forklift as it was backing up. The injured employee's left ankle was caught between the forklifts resulting in toe and heel fractures.

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: Foot (feet) and toe(s)
severity: moderate