Incident date: 2022-06-23
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee and co-worker were working from an operator's basket of a rough terrain forklift to install plywood sheathing on the exterior of the second floor of a townhouse. The employee fell out of the basket approximately 10 feet to the ground and then tumbled down the sloped side of the ground about another 9 feet, resulting in a broken ankle that required hospitalization and surgery. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate