Incident date: 2020-05-05
NAICS industry code: 424430

An employee was standing on level ground, stocking cases of tissues. He became lightheaded, lost his balance and fell. He tried to catch himself on a forklift and his right forearm got stuck between a pallet and the forklift backrest. The employee suffered a fractured right forearm and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate