Incident date: 2023-01-25
NAICS industry code: 484122

An employee was operating a forklift to load pallets inside of trailers. While on the forklift inside of a trailer, the employee reached through the forks from her seat to place a shipping label on a pallet. The controls were pressed and the pallets came down on her right forearm, resulting in a fracture in two places.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate