Incident date: 2017-07-06
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was operating a fork truck when a bug flew into the employee's face. As the employee was swatting at the bug, the fork truck turned and rolled onto its side. The employee's right leg was crushed under the fork truck and had to be amputated below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high