Incident date: 2023-09-29
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was operating a forklift and loading a pallet of straw onto a flatbed trailer when the vehicle backed into the attachment of another stationary forklift. The attachment made contact with his lower leg, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate