Incident date: 2024-11-07
NAICS industry code: 493110

On November 7, 2024, two employees parked their forklifts and exchanged propane tanks, then returned to their forklifts. The injured employee was outside of their forklift to turn the valve on the propane tank when the other employee began reversing their forklift. The injured employee's right leg was crushed between the counterbalances of the forklifts and the employee was hospitalized.

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: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate