Incident date: 2025-07-28
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. While turning to yield to another forklift, the forklift overturned and the employee's lower left leg was caught between a barrier and the forklift. The employee's left leg was amputated from the calf down and multiple bones were broken. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  vehicle overturn
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high