Incident date: 2022-01-20
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee in a warehouse was walking behind a forklift that was backing up. The forklift's rear counterbalance struck the employee, causing them to fall to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a head injury and a fractured right tibia.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate