Incident date: 2022-05-10
NAICS industry code: 331529

A forklift operator was picking up a cylindrical container filled with brass shavings and dumping it into a container. The overflow was being swept up by the injured employee and put into a cardboard box. The cylinder rolled off the forklift forks and flipped over onto the injured employee resulting in broken bones in the back and a possible concussion.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate