Incident date: 2024-07-28
NAICS industry code: 333415

The injured employee walked out from behind a set of shelves and was struck by a pallet being moved by a forklift. The pallet struck the employee s ankles, causing her to trip and hit her head on either the forklift mast or the pallet. The employee sustained lacerations across the back of her head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Scalp
severity: moderate