Incident date: 2017-08-24
NAICS industry code: 484220

An employee was standing behind a sit-down forklift. He was trying to lift out the LP gas tank and was having difficulty and asked for assistance. Another employee operating a stand-up forklift came over to help and struck the employee on his right hip. The injured employee fell to the ground. He was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis.

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: Pelvis
severity: moderate