Incident date: 2017-05-19
NAICS industry code: 325998

A temporary employee was using a pallet jack to unload materials at a jobsite when the pallet jack moved toward him. The pallet jack or the materials lacerated his legs, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate