Incident date: 2024-05-31
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack and was selecting cases. They were walking beside the pallet jack when the pallet jack struck them and pinched their right ankle against shelving. The employee sustained a fractured ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate