Incident date: 2025-08-28
NAICS industry code: 811111

An employee was driving a forklift in the parking lot. He stopped and exited the machine to help guide a delivery driver who was backing out. As he walked behind the parked forklift, it started rolling and the employee was struck by the forklift and pinned under a tire. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left leg and broken bones in both feet.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate