Incident date: 2024-09-09
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was picking up trash and pieces of broken pallets on the dock. He was struck in the back by a forklift that was transporting two large pallets. The impact caused him to fall onto the ground, and then the forklift ran over his legs. The employee was taken to the hospital with fractures to both legs.

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: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate