Incident date: 2015-07-28
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was sweeping the warehouse floor with his head down. A forklift operator was driving in reverse when he struck the employee and ran over his leg. The employee was admitted to the hospital and underwent surgery for a left leg fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate