Incident date: 2019-09-09
NAICS industry code: 541860

An employee was using a pallet jack to unload pallets from a truck. The dock plate rose up about 1 ft. when the employee entered the truck. While backing out, the employee's right foot was crushed between the dock plate and the pallet jack.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate