Incident date: 2025-03-07
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was backing up a walk-behind electric pallet jack during the loading of a truck. The employee tripped over a pallet and fell backward; the pallet jack crushed his right foot against a pallet. His foot was broken and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
code_source: title: Loading docks, dock plates
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate