Incident date: 2019-10-30
NAICS industry code: 491110

On October 30, 2019, an employee was preparing an area to throw bundles of mail underneath the automated parcel bundle sorter. He got on a powered operated pallet jack to move it.  While he was moving the pallet jack, the control handle unexpectedly came up, causing the pallet jack to come to a quick stop. He fell off of the pallet jack and landed on his back on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a fractured back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate