Incident date: 2023-08-30
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was driving a pallet jack when the battery failed and the pallet jack abruptly stopped. The employee was thrown from the pallet jack to the concrete floor, sustaining a concussion and laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Concussions
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate