Incident date: 2022-11-29
NAICS industry code: 541614

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack to pull groceries for an order. Upon dismounting the jack and walking it forward, the jack continued to move and struck him above his left ankle. The employee sustained an ankle fracture that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate