Incident date: 2019-07-13
NAICS industry code: 314110

An employee was operating a standup forklift when the back wheels struck a piece of wood causing the forklift to become unstable. The employee lost balance and the forklift struck a shelving rack. The shelves' horizontal member struck the employee in the chest causing a rib fracture on the right side.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate