Incident date: 2019-05-17
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was operating an electric power jack in an aisle and lost control of the jack when it went through a milk spill on the floor. The operator jumped off the jack and was pinned between the jack and pallet racking. The employee sustained a compound fracture to his lower leg/ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate