Incident date: 2015-04-18
NAICS industry code: 333412

An employee was elevated between 5-7 ft. in a 4' w x 5' l x 3' tall wire basket attached to the forks of a sit-down rider forklift. The forklift operator began lowering the basket. The basket tilted and the employee fell out. The employee sustained a broken elbow and arm and a cracked pelvis.  No fall protection was used.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate