Incident date: 2017-11-14
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee and a forklift driver were attempting to unjam a pallet of product that had become wedged under a guardrail. The employee's foot was on top of the pallet when the employee asked the forklift driver to back up. The forklift moved in the wrong direction, and the employee's right leg was trapped between the pallet and the guardrail, breaking the employee's right ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate