Incident date: 2024-02-20
NAICS industry code: 482112

An employee was removing a forklift from a trailer when the lift fell sideways onto the ground and pinned his right leg underneath it. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula and other injury to his lower right leg that caused an amputation below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high