Incident date: 2022-03-02
NAICS industry code: 424210

An employee was operating a forklift. Its brakes failed as the employee tried to stop; when the employee tried to jump off it, it struck his leg. The leg was amputated below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high