Incident date: 2021-04-29
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was standing at a loading dock next to his forklift. Another forklift, parked nearby, experienced a brake failure and rolled down a slope toward the employee. The employee was caught between the two forklifts and suffered a pelvic fracture and internal bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate