Incident date: 2018-04-18
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was using an electric pallet jack to move pallets of product through a warehouse. He was attempting to reposition the jack when he backed against the racking behind him. His arm was pinched between the rack and the pallet jack, resulting in a pinched nerve.

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: Pinched nerve
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate