Incident date: 2024-12-03
NAICS industry code: 452210

An employee was making a bale in the back room. The employee was moving a pallet jack through a narrow space between the baler and another pallet of merchandise when their hand slipped from the pallet jack. The employee lost their balance and fell backward to the ground, resulting in a fractured hip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Other constructed surface
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate