Incident date: 2023-04-17
NAICS industry code: 493110

On April 17, 2023, an employee was walking in the powered industrial truck (PIT) parking area of the warehouse and tripped over the forks of an order picker. The employee fell to the ground and struck their forehead on the fork of another order picker, causing a laceration to the forehead and a fractured arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate