Incident date: 2023-05-12
NAICS industry code: 452910

An employee was driving an electric pallet jack toward the receiving department when the vehicle drove over a piece of cardboard. The vehicle then struck a pallet of wine and the employee's foot was wedged between the pallet and the electric pallet jack. The employee sustained a partial right heel avulsion.

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: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Heel(s)
severity: moderate