Incident date: 2024-03-22
NAICS industry code: 424310

An employee was operating a pallet jack to transport heavy palletized loads through the department when the pallet jack slid on the wet floor. The injured employee was walking nearby and the pallet jack crushed their foot, resulting in a fractured foot bone.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet)  excluding toes
severity: moderate