Incident date: 2021-07-03
NAICS industry code: 336340

On July 3, 2021, at approximately 2:00 p.m., an employee parked a forklift next to another forklift. While exiting the forklift, the controls engaged causing the forklift to move and crush the employee's left leg between the two forklifts resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate