Incident date: 2015-05-13
NAICS industry code: 424410

A forklift operator backed up and struck a pallet jack and load directly behind with the forks of the truck, pinching the injured employee's left big toe and causing a 1/2-inch toe amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: high