Incident date: 2023-05-24
NAICS industry code: 423720

An employee was unloading a forklift from a truck. The forklift's mast tilted and the forklift fell approximately 18" to the ground. The employee struck his head on the forklift's overhead crossbar and sidebar, causing head lacerations and a displaced fractures of the C6 and C7 vertebrae.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate