Incident date: 2016-09-24
NAICS industry code: 452910

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck when he lost control of the vehicle and jumped from it. The truck severed his lower left leg, which had to be surgically amputated.

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