Incident date: 2017-05-11
NAICS industry code: 424450

An employee was traveling down an aisle in the warehouse when the forklift he was operating veered and struck a support column. His leg became pinned between the body of the forklift and the support column. He sustained multiple fractures to his lower left leg, which was amputated below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high