Incident date: 2018-01-05
NAICS industry code: 339112

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack when he could not stop before running into a pole. He jumped off the pallet jack and his ankle was caught between the pallet jack and the pole, resulting in a compound fracture.

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