Incident date: 2023-09-08
NAICS industry code: 313320

An employee used a forklift to lift an electric pallet jack so they could diagnose a problem with the pallet jack. The pallet jack fell off the forklift forks and struck the employee. He sustained fractures to the ribs and pelvis. He also fell, landing on a stack of pallets which fractured his left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate