Incident date: 2023-06-06
NAICS industry code: 337920

An employee was walking when a forklift carrying a 31-foot long, 7,000-pound steel support column ran them over and crushed their leg. The employee suffered blunt force trauma and amputation of his right leg from the knee down.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high