Incident date: 2025-06-27
NAICS industry code: 532490

An employee was standing by as a forklift was bringing a malfunctioning tow tractor into the truck shop for diagnosis and repair. When it was lowered to the ground, the tow tractor departed the forklift under its own power and struck the employee, pinning him against a guardrail. The employee sustained crushing injuries to vertebrae and his pelvic region.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
code_source: title: Industrial carrier  powered
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate