Incident date: 2016-08-16
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was using an electric pallet jack to put a load on top of a conveyor when the forks of the pallet jack became stuck on the conveyor and lifted the back of the pallet jack. The back of the pallet jack then landed on the employee's right foot, causing fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate