Abstract: At 12:50 p.m. on February 22, 2005, Employee #1 was working alone as a full-time employee, offloading and shelving merchandise at a firm that receives and warehouses merchandise. He was operating a Crown stand-up-type model number RR5C2C forklift, with serial number 1A228627 and ID number 103. Employee #1 was backing out of aisle C4 and preparing to turn left into aisle C2, when he lost control of the forklift. When Employee #1 lifted his left foot off the pedal, his foot went outside the running lines of the forklift. The forklift struck a pole, crushing Employee #1's foot between the forklift and the pole. He was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for a torn ligament and the amputation of two toes. He was hospitalized for over twenty-four hours. There were no direct witnesses to the incident.