Incident date: 2025-05-23
NAICS industry code: 311612

The injured employee was removing labels from boxes. A forklift was driving to pick up boxes and the driver stopped to talk to the injured employee. After the driver spoke with the injured employee, the forklift reversed and ran over the injured employee's right foot, crushing it. The employee's foot was surgically amputated midway up the foot.

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 involving bone loss
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and toe(s)
severity: high