Incident date: 2024-05-29
NAICS industry code: 311412

A delivery driver was delivering product at a customer location. He was using an electric pallet jack to offload a pallet when he fell off the trailer liftgate. The pallet jack then fell on his leg, causing the driver to sustain a broken leg and a laceration to his forehead from the fall.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate