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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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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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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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JBS Souderton, Inc.

NAICS311611 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

…A forklift was transporting a pallet that came in contact with the stationary pallet behind the injured employee, causing four boxes to fall and contact their legs. The injured employee…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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PepsiCo Bottling Group, LCD

NAICS333993 Event Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was moving a stand-up powered industrial truck from a warehouse to a service area. During a turn on a slight decline, the vehicle's steering chain broke…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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Bradley Caldwell, Inc.

NAICS424590 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was struck by a forklift and knocked to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with hip and sacral fractures.
Fractures Trunk and other lower extremities 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

At about 2:30 a.m. on August 30, 2025, a DHL employee was operating a reach truck in a warehouse. The truck drove into the elevated forks of another…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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Kinsley Steel, Inc.

NAICS238120 Event Slip, trip, stumble while stepping between levels Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was stepping out of a powered industrial truck (PIT) when they lost balance and fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured pelvis.
Fractures Pelvis Hospitalized
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Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

NAICS444110 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

A forklift backed into an employee, its rear tire striking her right foot. She fell backward to the ground and suffered a broken left ankle and right foot. She was…
Fractures Foot (feet) and ankle(s) Hospitalized
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Clemens Food Group, LLC

NAICS311611 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

The injured employee was operating an unloaded powered industrial truck (PIT) and was following a stacker truck that was carrying a palletized load. The stacker truck stopped and the injured…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation

NAICS337110 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Skids, pallets

A forklift had just placed a pallet on the third or fourth level of some racking. The pallet fell through the racking and struck an employee's head, then trapped…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Lower extremities unspecified Hospitalized
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Henry Schein Inc.

NAICS423450 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating a standup forklift in the warehouse. The forklift struck racking, causing the employee to lose their balance. Their left foot became caught between the forklift and…
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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C & D Rigging Inc.

NAICS236220 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was guiding a forklift load in an alleyway when the forklift ran over their left foot. The employee sustained displaced toes and a fracture to the midfoot.
Fractures and soft tissue injuries Foot (feet) and toe(s) Hospitalized
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Taylor Logistics Inc.

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

An employee was driving a forklift when it struck an air compressor between two dock doors. The forklift hit the compressor at an angle, and the employee's left leg…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Sysco Corporation

NAICS722310 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was driving a forklift when it turned into a pallet on the opposite side of an aisle. The pallet struck and fractured his lower left leg.
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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Tyoga Container Company Inc

NAICS322211 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was inside a building when a reversing forklift struck him and drove over his right leg. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower right leg.
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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East Penn Manufacturing Company

NAICS335911 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating a forklift when it collided with another forklift at an intersection. The employee suffered a broken lower right leg from a rack of battery plates on…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Works

NAICS331111 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Source, secondary source unspecified

An employee was assisting a forklift operator in rotating a piece of equipment (500 pounds) and using a tagline to maintain distance. As the forklift lowered the load, the injured…
Other traumatic injuries n.e.c. Thigh(s) Hospitalized
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Capstone Logistics LLC

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

An employee was walking on the dock when a forklift ran over their right foot. Their foot was crushed. The employee was taken hospitalized and required surgery.
Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Vitro Meadville Flat Glass, LLC

NAICS327211 Event Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was walking through a facility after returning from break when a forklift ran over their left foot. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their foot and ankle…
Fractures Foot (feet) and ankle(s) Hospitalized
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XPO Logistics Inc

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

…As the employee was stepping backward, they were struck on their right side by a crate that a forklift was transporting. The employee was pushed off balance and into a…
Fractures Arm(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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Buck Company, LLC

NAICS331511 Event Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning Source Vehicle and machine attachments n.e.c.

An employee was unlatching a hopper on forklift to dump its contents when their left index finger was caught in the hopper, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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PTR Bailer & Compactor Company

NAICS333993 Event Other fall to lower level unspecified Source Vehicle trailers, trailing units

An employee had just driven a forklift onto a trailer and was stepping down from the forklift cab onto the trailer bed. He stepped onto a chain/buckle system (used…
Fractures Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Hospitalized
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United States Postal Service

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

An employee was walking on the work room floor when their left foot was run over by a forklift. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the foot and…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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