Incident date: 2024-10-09
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was operating a knuckle boom fork truck. He was putting the forks back into the truck when they got stuck. When the employee was backing the forks out, they sprang forward and struck his chest, knocking him to the ground. The employee sustained broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by propelled, falling, or suspended object  unspecified
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine front attachments
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Rib(s), oblique area
severity: moderate