Incident date: 2021-12-01
NAICS industry code: 236220

Two employees were in a boom basket when a forklift struck the boom. The employees were wedged between the basket and a metal plate; one suffered a back fracture and muscle pain and the other suffered muscle pain and aches. Both employees were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: low