Incident date: 2017-10-25
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was driving a pallet jack when he struck a floor grate, which caused the jack to stop abruptly. He was ejected and struck the floor of the debone cooler. He was hospitalized with a left hip fracture and abrasions to his left elbow.

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: Hip(s)
severity: moderate