Incident date: 2022-02-14
NAICS industry code: 493110

On February 14, 2022, an employee was using an upright pallet jack to pick products in a warehouse. While making a left turn, the pallet jack struck a pallet full of products, causing his right ankle to become caught between the pallet jack and the pallet. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right ankle.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate