Incident date: 2025-02-05
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was retrieving empty boxes from a storage area while a pallet jack was loading a tote onto a tote scale. The pallet jack pinched the employee's leg between the tote and an angle iron mounted to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate