Incident date: 2020-01-26
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was operating a forklift and got off of it to move a double pallet jack. He leaned forward and grabbed the pallet jack's throttle. The pallet jack then went to the side into racking. The pallet jack and racking struck the employee's right ankle, causing a fracture.

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