Incident date: 2018-07-12
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was standing on the tines of a forklift while the operator was driving it through a parking lot. The forklift hit a bump, knocking the employee off the tines. The forklift operator then ran over his leg, breaking his femur and ankle bones. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate