Incident date: 2015-01-06
NAICS industry code: 444110

Employee was injured while repairing a forklift in the receiving department. The employee was caught between the forklift's mast and cage while reconnecting a hose. The employee was hospitalized overnight with a crushed or bruised vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate