Incident date: 2019-05-01
NAICS industry code: 311991

An employee operating a pallet jack was making a turn near a racking system. When the pallet jack got too close to the racking system, the employee jumped from the pallet jack. He was pinched between the pallet jack and the storage rack and sustained a broken ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate