Incident date: 2023-03-03
NAICS industry code: 237120

On March 3, 2023, at approximately 9:30 AM, two employees were utilizing a forklift to move a tractor tire. Employee 1 was operating the forklift, while employee 2 balanced the tire on the forks. The tire fell off the forks and pinned employee 2 against the tire of another tractor. Employee 2 was hospitalized with a fractured neck.

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: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate