Incident date: 2016-01-03
NAICS industry code: 311919

On January 3, 2016, an employee was using a manual pallet jack. The forks were not completely under the pallet being towed. When the employee tugged on the pallet jack, the brakes went on and the employee fell to the ground. She suffered a contusion to her right hip and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floor, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Hip(s)
severity: moderate