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Crown Lift Trucks

NAICS811310 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating a lift truck when it struck a stationary lift truck. His left thumb was pinched between the two lift trucks, resulting in a partial amputation.
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Thumb(s) Amputation
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Renegade Group LLC

NAICS333132 Event Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running Source Drilling and extraction machinery n.e.c.

…A strap was shackled on the pig trap door and connected to a forklift. Welders began to cut the door off. An employee was holding onto the door when the…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified Hospitalized Amputation
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McAneny Brothers, Inc.

NAICS424410 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he…
Fractures Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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American Flowform and Machining, LLC

NAICS336419 Event Struck by running powered equipment unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

Two employees were setting up a mandrel in the spindle of a machine. The mandrel was side-shifted while an employee's hand was on the mast of a powered…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Hospitalized Amputation
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Hamilton Parker Company, LLC.

NAICS444110 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

…Another associate was driving a forklift with a pallet of large format tile (slabs) when the slabs began to tip. The injured employee ran over to stop the slabs from…
Fractures Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Faler Feed Store, Inc.

NAICS424510 Event Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was preparing to unjam an auger shaft while standing on a forklift-elevated, job-made platform. The employee's wrench slipped off the equipment, causing them to lose…
Fractures Multiple body parts n.e.c. Hospitalized
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McLane/Midwest, Inc.

NAICS541614 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecified Source Pallet jack riding

An employee was operating a rider pallet jack when it struck a stand-up forklift. The forks struck both of the employee's ankles, resulting in hospitalization.
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Ankle(s) Hospitalized
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THE ELITE FLOWER

NAICS424930 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Pallet jack riding

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when it struck two parked forklifts. The impact caused the employee to be ejected from the pallet jack, and his right foot…
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Pilgrims

NAICS311615 Event Other fall to lower level unspecified Source Vehicle trailers, trailing units

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the…
Fractures Rib(s), oblique area Hospitalized
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Good Harvest Grains, LLC

NAICS311830 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was diagnosing the cause of a rear light malfunction on a forklift when the reverse gear engaged. The forklift moved backward and contacted the employee causing a metatarsal…
Severe wounds or internal injuries and soft tissue injuries Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Signature Brands

NAICS423210 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating a stand-up forklift. The forklift drove into a rack in a warehouse, and the employee's right hand was caught between the rack and an…
Fractures and surface, flesh wounds Hand(s), except finger(s) Hospitalized
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Liberty Forge, Inc.

NAICS332111 Event Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was riding on the side of a forklift. He stepped off the forklift and was struck by the back end of the forklift as it turned to the…
Amputations involving bone loss Lower extremities unspecified Hospitalized Amputation
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Builders Installed Products of New York, LLC

NAICS238310 Event Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was closing a rear trailer door in the parking lot when they were struck by a forklift. The employee's lower left leg was crushed between the pallet…
Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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DHL, INC.

NAICS541614 Event Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation Source Other special process machinery n.e.c.

An employee was changing the battery on his forklift. He removed the forklift's battery plate and exited the battery machine alignment track. The shift lead then went to retrieve…
Fractures Rib(s), oblique area Hospitalized
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Texas Fueling Services, Inc.

NAICS424720 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Source, secondary source unspecified

A forklift lifting device was being picked up with a forklift. The forks were lowered, causing the equipment to fall and injure an employee. The employee sustained cervical spine, facial…
Spinal cord injuries, paralysis unspecified Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck Hospitalized
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Geisinger Health

NAICS622110 Event Fall on same level due to slip or trip Source Other constructed surface

An employee tripped over a pair of forklift forks that were on the ground. The employee fell to the asphalt and suffered a collapsed lung.
Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels Lung(s), pleura Hospitalized
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Wieland Concast

NAICS331529 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Vehicle and machine attachments n.e.c.

An employee was unloading scrap from a metal bin. The bin slid out of the forklift and landed on the employee's right foot, causing fractures to the foot.
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Triple J. Grassing, LLC

NAICS561730 Event Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was riding on the side of an all-terrain forklift when they fell into the space between the gas tank and the right rear tire. The employee was…
Fractures Multiple body parts n.e.c. Hospitalized
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UPS Industrial Services, LLC

NAICS332710 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Pipes, ducts, tubing unspecified

An employee was positioning dunnage on a trailer while pipe was unloaded from a forklift. A pipe fell and the employee's right thumb and index finger were caught between…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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M&M Quality Solutions

NAICS493110 Event Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was resetting a warehouse racking system utilizing an order picker. They fell approximately 5 feet from the order picker to the concrete floor and sustained fractured ribs.
Fractures Rib(s), oblique area Hospitalized
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Southwest Galvanizing, Inc.

NAICS332812 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was cutting steel channels from a hanging rack that was being supported by a forklift. When they were finished, the forklift started moving the rack out of the…
Fractures Pelvis Hospitalized
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BGDC DISTRIBUTION LLC

NAICS424420 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

On October 16, 2025, an employee operating an order selector was passing a moving scrubber when the scrubber suddenly stopped. The order selector struck the back of the scrubber, resulting…
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Ankle(s) Hospitalized
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United States Postal Services

NAICS491110 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was waiting for an operator to bring mail over to a mail sorting machine when she became pinned between the machine and a stack of pallets being pushed…
Surface, flesh wounds and soft tissue injuries Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Hospitalized
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OKLAHOMA STEEL & WIRE CO. INC.

NAICS332618 Event Nonroadway noncollision Struck by shifting, dislodged load in transport Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was driving a powered industrial truck (PIT) carrying a nesting sheave on the back counterweight of the PIT. He was holding the sheave when the PIT struck a…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Hospitalized Amputation
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Channel Sheet Metal, Inc.

NAICS332322 Event Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was driving a forklift when its right front wheel dropped off a 6-inch curb. The forklift rolled over and trapped him against the concrete surface. He suffered…
Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries Trunk and other upper extremities Hospitalized
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