OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447205
AMPUTATED,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,TOE,WALK-BEHIND FORKLIFT,RUN OVER,FOOT,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee's toes amputated after forklift ran over foot
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a pallet jack to move materials into storage. He dropped t he pallet and backed out into the aisle, directly into the path of a moving fork lift. The forklift wheel passed over the employee's left foot, crushing his toes . All four smaller toes were surgically amputated, and the big toe was removed t o the first joint.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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