Incident date: 2015-09-28
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was servicing a client's forklift when the forklift sped up unexpectedly and went off the side of the loading dock ramp. The employee was pinned by the forklift and, as a result, half of his foot was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: high