Incident date: 2022-03-25
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was driving a motorized pallet jack down a docking ramp. He had to stop abruptly to avoid striking another machine that was driving up, and he fell off the pallet jack and broke his ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate