Incident date: 2025-03-26
NAICS industry code: 331511

On March 26, 2025, an employee was operating a forklift and was emptying a pan that was lifted by the forks of the forklift. The forklift began descending down the ramp beside a building. The employee dismounted the moving forklift and her leg was caught and run over by the wheels of the forklift. The employee was hospitalized with crushing injuries to her leg.

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