Incident date: 2024-03-28
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was assisting with moving a chip conveyor using a forklift. The forklift was backing away from a trailer when the conveyor shifted and fell off the forks striking the employee's shoulder and upper body, and landing on their lower right leg. The employee sustained a fractured lower leg and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate