Incident date: 2025-01-10
NAICS industry code: 492110

An employee was driving a stand-up counterbalance forklift down an aisle in a warehouse. The forklift abruptly turned; the employee's leg moved and the dead man switch activated, throwing the employee out of the forklift. Their right leg was crushed between the material-handling equipment and a racking system, and it was amputated above the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: high