Incident date: 2025-01-25
NAICS industry code: 922140

An employee was going through the inventory and sorting and removing empty containers. The employee was standing beside a stack of pallets that were on a pallet jack when a forklift drove into the stack. The stack tipped over, pinching the employee s right foot against a wall. The employee sustained an open fracture to the tibia/fibula, a crush injury to the right foot, lacerations to the medial ankle and calcaneal area, bruising, and swelling. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate