Incident date: 2025-02-25
NAICS industry code: 325998

An employee was operating a forklift on the roadway near a building. While backing up, the rear tires left the pavement and sank into the soft ground causing the forklift  to flip onto its side. The employee s right leg and foot were trapped underneath the forklift resulting in multiple broken metatarsals.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Roadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet)  excluding toes
severity: moderate