Incident date: 2021-08-27
NAICS industry code: 424420

On August 27, 2021, an employee was operating a pallet jack at a warehouse distribution facility. He was standing in an aisle, trying to reposition the pallet jack to lift another pallet, when the jack's drive wheels spun on the wet floor. The jack then slid toward him, pinning his leg against a pallet of boxes and causing a laceration to the calf. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate