Incident date: 2018-01-29
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was moving items in the distribution warehouse when a modified electric pallet jack operator struck him, severely lacerating his lower left leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate