Incident date: 2017-07-18
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was operating and moving a powered pallet jack when the employee's right ankle was caught between the pallet jack and a guardrail. The employee suffered a fractured right ankle, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate