Incident date: 2018-05-05
NAICS industry code: 561740

An employee was using a pallet jack to move pallets when his right hand was caught between the pallet jack handle and some racking in the warehouse. His right hand broke, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate