Incident date: 2021-11-11
NAICS industry code: 722310

An employee operating an electric pallet jack went to turn in an aisle at the same time a forklift operator carrying empty pallets was turning into the aisle. The pallet jack and the forklift collided and a piece of wood from the pallets got stuck in the employee's left calf, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Moving in opposite directions, oncoming, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate