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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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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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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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DHL Supply Chain

NAICS493110 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was standing at the back of a powered industrial truck (PIT), entering information into the vehicle-mounted computer. Another PIT passed by him carrying a double-stacked rack…
Fractures Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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The Coastal Group, Inc.

NAICS561320 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

The injured employee was operating a reach truck and stopped at an intersection within a warehouse. After a brief a conversation, another employee's reach truck accelerated unexpectedly and struck…
Fractures Foot (feet) and toe(s) Hospitalized
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Mann Mechanical

NAICS238220 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

The injured employee was speaking to the operator of a forklift to ask them to pick up some materials. The employee then walked behind the forklift to re-enter a…
Fractures Toes(s), toenail(s) Hospitalized
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White Electrical Construction Company

NAICS238210 Event Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was adjusting the forks of a forklift when his right index finger became caught between a fork and the mast, resulting in a crush injury that required a…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.

NAICS424420 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecified Source Pallet jack riding

…He was coming out of the new extension through the separation curtains when his pallet jack struck an electric forklift. The forklift landed on the employee's right foot, fracturing…
Fractures Toes(s), toenail(s) Hospitalized
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Beasley Forest Products, Inc.

NAICS321113 Event Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was walking to a break area when she was struck and run over by an industrial forklift. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to her body and…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Frito-Lay, Inc.

NAICS311919 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) intersecting, turning Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee slowed his forklift in a warehouse aisle as another forklift turned from an intersecting aisle. The employee's left arm was pinned between the two forklifts. The employee…
Other traumatic injuries n.e.c. Arm(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Americold Logistics LLC

NAICS493120 Event Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle n.e.c. Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

The injured employee had been operating a forklift on a dock. He went to push another forklift with his forklift and a portion of the forklift entered the operator compartment…
Fractures Foot (feet) and ankle(s) Hospitalized
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Walmart Inc.

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

An employee was fulfilling orders when their foot was run over by a center-rider forklift. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured foot.
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Triple-S Steel Supply Co.

NAICS423510 Event Struck by object dropped by person Source Bundles, bales

A bundle of steel tubing, weighing about 2,800 pounds, had slid off the forks of a forklift and fallen to the ground. An employee was helping the forklift operator…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Toes(s), toenail(s) Hospitalized Amputation
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Saia LTL Freight

NAICS488510 Event Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was loading freight in a trailer using a forklift. He exited the forklift and walked toward the nose of the trailer. The forklift began to roll forward, and…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Foot (feet) and ankle(s) Hospitalized
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Estes Express Lines

NAICS484121 Event Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

On July 11, 2025, a forklift operator was making a U-turn when he was thrown from the forklift and his head struck the pavement. The employee sustained a concussion…
Concussions Brain Hospitalized
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Preferred Pump & Equipment, LP

NAICS333996 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

…The customer was helping the employee readjust the steel pipes on a trailer using a forklift when the pipes rolled onto the employee's hand, resulting in two crushed and…
Fractures Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized
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White Cap Holding (SC), LLC

NAICS444190 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

…After exiting his forklift to pick up the fallen sideboard, he stood next to the truck, awaiting the loading of the second pallet. The operator of the second forklift positioned…
Amputations involving bone loss Other finger(s) n.e.c. Amputation
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Deco Star Industries

NAICS336310 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) intersecting, turning Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

On June 10, 2025, an employee was driving a forklift west when they were struck by another forklift driving south. The suffered a puncture wound on the right calf.
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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SHOWPAY, L.L.C.

NAICS561320 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

On June 3, 2025, a temporary employee was directing a forklift operator who was double stacking lighting trusses when a piece of a lighting truss fell from the forklift. The…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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Howard Lumber & Hardware, Inc.

NAICS444190 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was waiting for a powered industrial truck (PIT) to load a double door for transport. The PIT struck a storage rack that was holding 14 double doors; five…
Fractures Hip joint(s) Hospitalized
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Aesop Auto, LLC

NAICS423140 Event Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached Source Vehicle and machine front attachments

…He went to manually adjust the forks of a sit-down forklift when the transmission fell. The employee's right middle finger got caught between the concrete and the fork…
Amputations involving bone loss Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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FRITO-LAY, INC.

NAICS311919 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was retrieving a pallet using a forklift. The employee stepped off the forklift to adjust a box. Before the employee returned to their own forklift, they were struck…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

NAICS444110 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating a standing forklift and turning down an aisle when the forklift struck a racking post and his left leg was pinned between the forklift and the…
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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KMC Acquisition LLC

NAICS325212 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was driving a forklift after putting trash into the trash compactor. The forks of the lift struck uneven asphalt on the road, causing the forklift to abruptly stop…
Fractures Skull Hospitalized
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Continental Battery Systems of Atlanta

NAICS423120 Event Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was working at the end of a ramp when a powered industrial truck rolled down the ramp and broke the employee's foot.
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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