Incident date: 2019-04-29
NAICS industry code: 333111

Employee 1 was operating a forklift in reverse and collided with another forklift, operated by Employee 2, that was stopped in an aisle. The forks of the moving forklift were raised and penetrated Employee 2's right leg upon impact. Employee 2 was hospitalized with lacerations and a fractured tibia.

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