Incident date: 2016-05-20
NAICS industry code: 311615

On or about May 20, 2016, at 8:10 a.m., an employee was operating a walkie rider pallet jack in walkie mode when the pallet jack backed over him. His left leg was pinned between the jack and a large metal tank, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate