Incident date: 2024-07-18
NAICS industry code: 336320

On July 18, 2024, at 1:09 a.m. in the receiving dock area an employee was pushing a trash can toward the compactor as a forklift was operating in reverse. The forklift struck the employee's left foot causing three toe fractures, including an open fracture of the big toe. The injured 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: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate