Incident date: 2019-11-14
NAICS industry code: 722330

A maintenance employee was performing maintenance of a dock plate by using an electric pallet jack to extend the dock plate. 

During the process, the pallet jack wheel fell in between the dock and plate. 

The pallet jack then fell over, trapping the employee between the body of the pallet jack and a rail. The employee suffered a broken pelvis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Pelvis
severity: moderate