Incident date: 2021-07-15
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was unloading freight using an electric pallet jack. While backing up the pallet jack collided with a rack. The employee's arm and wrist were caught between the pallet jack handle and the metal rack, resulting in injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate