Incident date: 2021-05-31
NAICS industry code: 491110

On May 31, 2021, at approximately 5:30 p.m., a material equipment operator (MEO) was driving a forklift in reverse to place a bundle in a staging area. The forklift ran over the foot of another employee who was walking in the area. The injured employee's foot was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Foot (feet), n.e.c.
severity: high