Incident date: 2024-06-12
NAICS industry code: 424130

An employee was operating a forklift in a warehouse. The employee was turning the forklift to go down a ramp to the dumpster when the brakes stopped working and the forklift went backward out the dock door. It landed on its backside on the ground and pinned the operator's right arm underneath. The employee sustained a fractured lower arm and wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate