Incident date: 2018-02-21
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee operating a motorized pallet jack struck a support beam. A piece of protruding metal on the support beam caused a severe laceration to the employee's right calf, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate