Incident date: 2024-09-19
NAICS industry code: 446110

On September 19, 2024, at 8:10 a.m., an employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) with no load when they contacted the base of a vertical material racking system. Upon contacting the racking system, the employee became pinned between a horizontal cross-beam and the operator booth of the PIT. The employee suffered a pelvic fracture and internal bleeding that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate