Incident date: 2015-06-03
NAICS industry code: 441110

An employee was moving a pallet of parts down a ramp into the basement using a non-powered pallet jack when the load got away and pinned the employee between the pallet jack and the wall breaking the employee's fibula and tibia.  The employee required surgery to repair the fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate