Incident date: 2015-10-22
NAICS industry code: 493110

On 10/22/2015 at approximately 10:10 pm, a forklift operator stopped his forklift and placed it in park. The employee took a drink of water that caused him to cough and presumably choke. The coughing, caused the employee to lose consciousness and fall from the forklift suffering eight broken ribs and a lacerated spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate