Incident date: 2015-01-13
NAICS industry code: 488320

Employee was loading cargo in a chassis. While he was exiting the container, the chassis rolled away from the warehouse dock.  The forklift forks fell to the ground between the dock and the chassis and pinned him underneath.  The employee was pinned between the forks and the ground.  He was freed by the paramedics and transferred to Methodist Hospital downtown upon his request.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate