Incident date: 2018-02-06
NAICS industry code: 562920

On February 6, 2018, an employee was driving a forklift when a piece of a plastic bumper became caught in the tire and flung up, striking his face. He suffered facial fractures, a cut on the eye, and facial swelling, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate