Incident date: 2015-07-29
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee operating a high-reach truck ran into the forks of another high-reach truck. The forks of the other high-reach truck were approximately 1 foot above the floor. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and fibula and crushed knee on the left leg, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate