Incident date: 2024-12-12
NAICS industry code: 561320

A temporary employee was using a manual pallet jack to move a loaded pallet (weighing 400 lbs.) into a truck via a liftgate. The pallet jack rolled back on the liftgate and pinned his left foot, causing him to fall from the liftgate to the ground. The pallet also fell and landed on their leg, resulting in a fractured lower left leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trucks  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate