Incident date: 2018-06-21
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was helping unload a delivery truck while an all-terrain forklift was being used to remove a stuck side gate from the truck. The forklift began to raise the gate, which was caught on a pallet. The gate came loose from the pallet and struck the employee under the chin resulting in a broken jaw.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Jaw, chin
severity: moderate