Incident date: 2024-07-31
NAICS industry code: 423850

An employee was being trained on operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) with a side-saddle stance. The employee was instructed to move the PIT s joystick back and forward to get a feel for it. The PIT went backward through a dock door that was approximately 3 feet off the ground. The PIT ended up on the employee. The employee was hospitalized with an amputation below the left knee, third-degree burns to lower extremities, and multiple fractures to the lower extremities.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  jack-knifed or ran off driving surface
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Other multiple traumatic injuries  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations  unspecified
severity: high