Incident date: 2025-01-08
NAICS industry code: 311812

The injured employee was operating an electric-powered pallet jack, walked backward through a clear-curtained doorway, and contacted a stopped forklift operated by another employee. When the injured employee contacted the forklift, they turned around and their foot became caught underneath the forklift. The forklift began backing up, running over the employee's foot and resulting in a laceration and subsequent amputation of the employee's right little toe.

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: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high