Incident date: 2019-10-14
NAICS industry code: 336370

An employee was operating a powered industrial vehicle to transport wheeled material baskets when the transported baskets struck a stationary basket. The struck basket fell and was going to hit a computer station. The employee left the vehicle and was struck while attempting to prevent the basket from striking the computer station. The employee suffered a right knee laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Buckets, baskets, pails
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate