Incident date: 2016-04-27
NAICS industry code: 445110

On or about 4/27/16, an employee was being trained to operate a powered pallet jack. The employee lost control of the pallet jack and exited the platform. His leg was pinned under the platform of the pallet jack between a racking system, and he was hospitalized with a broken foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate