Incident date: 2023-02-03
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was cleaning a candy packaging area and went to put the broom back in the storage room. The employee was then struck by a rack that was being moved by a walkie pallet jack, causing her to become caught between the rack and the unloader. The employee sustained two rib fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate