Incident date: 2024-10-29
NAICS industry code: 238140

The injured employee was training another employee how to operate a skid steer. The injured employee climbed between the forklift carriage and the body of the skid steer to press the traction override button and release the controls for operation. The fork carriage lifted and tilted backward, pinning them between the carriage and the lift arm. The employee was hospitalized with a cracked pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate