Incident date: 2022-09-08
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was helping to control a steel joist that was being lifted by a telehandler when a sudden movement of the load caused them to slip and the telehandler ran over their leg. The employee was hospitalized with multiple fractures and an amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower extremities, unspecified
severity: high