Incident date: 2017-02-28
NAICS industry code: 484121

A forklift operator was checking the security of his load when he hit his head on one of the forklift tines, resulting in a head laceration and neck trauma. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate