Incident date: 2023-09-18
NAICS industry code: 311412

An employee was going to fill a pallet with items from the warehouse. He was reaching for the handle of the pallet jack but unintentionally grabbed the throttle, causing the pallet jack to move and pin him against another pallet jack. The employee sustained a leg fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate