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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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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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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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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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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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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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Bowman Energy Services LLC

NAICS237120 Event Indirect exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts Source Power lines, transformers, convertors

An employee was acting as a spotter for a forklift operator. While its forks were being raised, the forklift came into contact with a power line. The employee was touching…
Electrical burns any degree Hands and feet Hospitalized
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COMMUNITY WASTE DISPOSAL, LP

NAICS562111 Event Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

A maintenance employee was moving a forklift from the loading dock when the forklift fell off the dock. The employee was struck by the overhead portion of the roll bar…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Knee(s) Hospitalized
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TEXAS PIPE AND SUPPLY COMPANY

NAICS423510 Event Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was assisting as a forklift got pipe from a pipe rack. The employee was on one of the forklift's forks as it was raised to the top…
Fractures and soft tissue injuries Elbow(s) Hospitalized
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Ollie's Bargain Outlet

NAICS448150 Event Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was unloading a trailer on the receiving dock using a stand up powered industrial vehicle (PIV). A yard truck pulled the trailer away from the dock and the…
Traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified Part of body 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 struck by a powered industrial truck while traveling through a staging area. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left foot.
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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USPS

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

An employee was unloading his trailer at the dock area when he was struck and run over by a reversing powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee was hospitalized with a…
Severe wounds or internal injuries and soft tissue injuries Multiple lower extremities locations n.e.c. Hospitalized
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L2S LLC

NAICS561499 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

On September 30, 2025, at 1:45 a.m., an employee was operating a forklift to load materials on an outbound dock. His left foot became caught between the forklift
Fractures Toes(s), toenail(s) Hospitalized
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Hereford Ethanol Partners LP

NAICS325193 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was backing up a forklift when the frame of the forklift clipped the wall. The employee's right little finger was pinched between the wall and the forklift
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Other finger(s) n.e.c. Amputation
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ProDriven Brands

NAICS484121 Event Nonroadway noncollision jack-knifed or ran off driving surface Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was using a forklift to unload a trailer. The trailer moved away from the dock, causing the forklift to fall out and come to rest against the trailer…
Fractures Back multiple regions Hospitalized
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Lyondellbasell

NAICS325199 Event Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. Source Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employees were loading a 295-pound transformer onto a pickup truck using a forklift. The injured employee was acting as the spotter. The transformer hit the tailgate of the pickup…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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DHL Express USA Inc.

NAICS541614 Event Event or exposure unspecified Source Airport utility vehicle powered

An employee was operating a forklift on the airport ramp environment to help offload cargo pallets from a tractor trailer. He was manually locking the cargo dolly (a specialized piece…
Soreness, swelling, inflammation Leg(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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McCoy Corporation

NAICS423310 Event Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source Panels, sheets, plates metal

An employee was helping two forklift operators move and inventory flat sheet metal that was staged on racks. The metal fell off one side and struck the employee's arms…
Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels Other digestive structures n.e.c. Hospitalized
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Spitzer Industries, Inc.

NAICS332312 Event Caught or wedged between objects nonrunning Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was helping fit an I-beam on a forklift to a skid when their left index finger was caught in a pinch point between the I-beam flange…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized Amputation
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Metric Concrete Services, Inc.

NAICS238110 Event Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet Source Other semi, tractor-trailer

…One of them was on the truck bed, helping to slide wooden dunnage under the rebar while a forklift raised the rebar. The rebar shifted and the employee fell off…
Closed trauma involving internal organs, major blood vessels Multiple internal chest locations Hospitalized
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Walmart, Inc

NAICS452210 Event Collision with stationary object, nonroadway Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

On September 9, 2025, an employee was training on using a forklift in a fenced-off training area. His left foot got stuck between the forklift and the training fence…
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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RR Donnelley & Sons Co

NAICS323111 Event Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

The injured employee's standup forklift had mechanical issue with a tire. The injured employee was inside their forklift to help steer it while it was being pushed up the…
Fractures Toes(s), toenail(s) Hospitalized
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OVOL USA

NAICS424110 Event Other fall to lower level unspecified Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was operating a cherry picker in a warehouse when they fell from the picker to the floor, resulting in a brain injury and a broken hip.
Intracranial injuries unspecified Brain Hospitalized
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Gulf Stream Marine - Care Terminal

NAICS488320 Event Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle Source Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered

An employee was driving a forklift. He fell off the machine during a turn, and one of its wheels broke his left foot. He was hospitalized.
Fractures Foot (feet), toe(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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