Incident date: 2018-01-29
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was adjusting the forks of her forklift when a second forklift backed into hers, pinning her left arm between the two forklifts. Her left forearm broke and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate