Incident date: 2018-12-19
NAICS industry code: 339112

On Wednesday, December 19 at approximately 10:00 p.m. an employee was retrieving boxes to take to her work station when she was struck by a forklift that was backing up resulting in injuries to both lower legs.  The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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