Incident date: 2015-12-05
NAICS industry code: 541614

On December 5, 2015, an employee operating a forklift collided, head-on, with a second forklift operator. The employee was thrown from the vehicle and was struck by his own forklift. He suffered a concussion and a de-gloving injury on his left foot and ankle.  He also fractured his left-foot big toe and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate