Incident date: 2023-04-13
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was exiting their stand up forklift. As they stepped down from the vehicle, the control handle was engaged, causing the lift to move forward. The employee's left foot was then pinned between the angle iron that protects the battery stand and the forklift. They were hospitalized for multiple fractures and lacerations to the left foot and lower leg that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate