Incident date: 2019-09-03
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was using a pallet jack to move a pallet of boxes and was struck by a reversing forklift. The employee sustained a crushed right foot that resulted in amputation of three toes, a right ankle fracture, and a torn meniscus in the right knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high