Incident date: 2017-06-14
NAICS industry code: 311812

On June 14, 2017, an employee was loading cardboard boxes onto a trailer when the employee became pinned between the load of boxes and the handles of a manual pallet jack. The employee suffered a cracked rib and bruised lung, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate