Incident date: 2016-08-12
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was driving a forklift into the freezer to retrieve product. As the employee traveled over an uneven portion of the floor, it caused the forklift to swerve. The employee's left elbow was caught between the forklift and a post, breaking bones and dislocating the left elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate