Incident date: 2019-08-30
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was driving a forklift while carrying a pallet. A second forklift driver was directly behind the first forklift traveling in the same direction. The pallet blocked the safety sensor on the first forklift, causing it to suddenly stop. The second forklift then hit the first one and the employee on the first forklift suffered two broken legs. One of the leg fractures was a compound fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Moving in same direction, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate