Incident date: 2021-03-30
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was operating a pallet jack when his load hit a bin, causing the pallet jack to swerve into racking. The handlebars of the jack got caught in the racking and pinned the employee. The employee sustained fractures to the right ankle, the pelvis, and the sacrum.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate