Incident date: 2021-11-09
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was operating an electric stand up pallet jack to move material. A pallet, weighing approximately 90 lbs., fell from the fourth tier of a shelving system and struck the employee. The employee was hospitalized for bruises and contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate