Incident date: 2016-08-23
NAICS industry code: 484121

On or about August 23, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., an employee was observing an apprentice associate on the reach truck during training. As the apprentice associate completed a transaction and was moving the reach truck to another aisle, the apprentice struck the employee, fracturing his pelvis and kneecap. He was hospitalized.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate