Incident date: 2017-02-06
NAICS industry code: 561311

While backing an electric pallet jack out of a trailer, an employee struck another parked electric pallet jack. The employee's foot was outside the operator's platform, and the ankle was crushed between equipment, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate