Incident date: 2020-02-05
NAICS industry code: 331221

While loading and positioning a new empty scrap box onto a line, a fork truck accidentally struck the corner of the box.  This caused the empty box to shift, striking the employee who was at the controls of the lift for the box. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate