Incident date: 2023-06-08
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was moving product with a pallet jack when the load slipped off and caused the handle of the jack to rise. The handle impacted the employee's ribs, resulting in three left rib fractures.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate