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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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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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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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Certainteed Roofing

NAICS423330 Event Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning Source Loading docks, dock plates

An employee was helping a contractor unload a delivery of two new dock plates from a trailer onto a forklift. The employee s left index and middle fingers were pinched…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized Amputation
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Global Experience Specialists, LLC

NAICS561920 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was struck by the counterweight of a moving powered industrial truck. They were hospitalized with a fractured left ankle and fractured right leg, and underwent surgery.
Fractures Ankle(s) and leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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SanMar Corporation Jacksonville

NAICS493110 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was loading and unloading merchandise when a forklift struck his left foot. He was hospitalized.
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Pre Con Construction, Inc.

NAICS236118 Event Other fall to lower level unspecified Source Parts and materials unspecified

The injured employee was acting as a spotter for another employee that was using a forklift to move crane plates. The injured employee went to walk on top of staged…
Fractures Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Magic Transport, Inc.

NAICS484110 Event Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

A forklift operator was preparing to unload a semi-truck trailer. The forklift entered the trailer and picked up a pallet. The forklift then reversed and the trailer started rolling…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Head and extremities Hospitalized
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Bridgestone HosePower, LLC.

NAICS423840 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Shelves, shelving, racks

An employee was standing on the back of a flatbed truck while a forklift was being used to load a shelving unit onto the truck. The shelving unit slid off…
Bruises, contusions Head and extremities Hospitalized
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PARADISE WELDING, INC.

NAICS333992 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was acting as a spotter for a forklift. The forklift was traveling in the parking lot with a hoisted bundle of angle iron when a slight slope in…
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Express Employment Professionals

NAICS561311 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

A forklift backed into, and partially onto, a temporary employee's legs. It struck and injured her right calf and her left leg near the ankle sustained a severe gash…
Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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W.W. GRAINGER, INC

NAICS423840 Event Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating an order picker that was raised 20 inches when they stepped backward and fell off the platform to the concrete floor. The employee struck their head…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Head unspecified Hospitalized
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Sun Terminals Inc.

NAICS488320 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was walking around a flatbed that was being unloaded by a forklift. The employee was placing dunnage on the floor while the forklift removed a double-stack pallet…
Fractures and soft tissue injuries Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.

NAICS423510 Event Other fall to lower level unspecified Source Vehicle trailers, trailing units

An employee was removing the tarp from their flatbed trailer when a forklift went to retrieve a bundle and the forks caught another bundle. The bundle fell toward the employee…
Fractures Hip joint(s) Hospitalized
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WALMART INC. - Walmart Supercenter #7035

NAICS452112 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT) when it struck a steel rack and he fell from the PIT to the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with…
Fractures Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Helena Agri-Enterprises, LLC

NAICS424910 Event Nonroadway noncollision incident n.e.c. Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee had delivered product to a customer and was driving a forklift to the rear of the delivery truck. The forklift jumped/bounced, sending the employee up into the…
Fractures Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Hospitalized
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Stahl-Meyer Foods, Inc.

NAICS311612 Event Struck by falling object unspecified Source Vehicle and machine front attachments

On July 25, 2025, at 11:21 a.m., an employee was sitting underneath the forks of a forklift while performing maintenance on the forklift when the forks dropped onto…
Fractures Thigh(s) Hospitalized
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CT Windows LLC

NAICS423390 Event Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running Source Shelves, shelving, racks

An employee was driving a forklift and unloading racks of glass from a truck. A rack began to tilt; the employee exited the forklift and went to stabilize it. The…
Fractures Forearm(s) Hospitalized
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Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P.

NAICS332812 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Structural elements n.e.c.

A forklift was lifting an 800-pound steel frame. An employee was waiting to place wire beneath it when it slid off the forklift and landed on his left hand…
Fractures and surface, flesh wounds Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Star Distribution Systems, Inc.

NAICS493110 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating a forklift when their foot was crushed between the forklift and a structural column. The employee sustained a broken foot as well as tissue and ligament…
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Logan Lumber Company

NAICS423310 Event Compressed between running equipment and other object(s) Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

…A forklift that was lowering a unit of lumber onto the truck bed crushed the employee's little finger, resulting in the amputation of most of the distal phalanx of…
Amputations involving bone loss Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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Aldi (Florida), LLC.

NAICS453998 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

A forklift struck an employee with its forks in a warehouse. The employee suffered a laceration to the lower left leg and a broken left ankle.
Fractures and surface, flesh wounds Ankle(s) and leg(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Townhomes, LLC

NAICS321991 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Shelves, shelving, racks

An employee was using a forklift to set a racking system upright that had been knocked over. The rack caught him, knocked him down, and pinned his right hand against…
Fractures and soft tissue injuries Thumb(s) Hospitalized
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Caribbean Trading Enterprises

NAICS541614 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was driving a forklift with a load on top. As the forklift passed through a door, one of his fingers was caught between the forklift and a concrete…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Other finger(s) n.e.c. Amputation
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Publix Supermarkets Inc

NAICS493120 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

On May 27, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., an employee was operating a forklift and taking down merchandise. The forklift struck a rack and the employee sustained a…
Fractures Arm(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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