Incident date: 2015-05-22
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was working outside at the rear of the facility. A forklift operator was emptying a load of boxes into the trash compactor and struck the employee on the side of her head just below the ear. The employee sustained a fracture to the bone below the ear. It is unknown if the forks or the boxes struck the employee.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Skull
severity: moderate