Incident date: 2016-11-22
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee working at a conveyor line was trying to remove a can from underneath a pallet. A forklift driver did not see her and delivered the next pallet, which pushed the pallet that was staged on the conveyor. The employee's ankle was pinned between the pallets and a support beam on the conveyor, and she suffered compound fractures to her tibia and fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate