Incident date: 2024-08-26
NAICS industry code: 311930

An employee was removing a walkie pallet jack from a pallet in the freezer. As he was dislodging the pallet jack forks that were stuck under the wood pallet, he lost his footing and was spun around landing on the concrete floor underneath the racking. The employee sustained a fractured left hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate