Incident date: 2019-08-26
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was operating a pallet jack to unload pallets from a semi trailer.  The stack of pallets would not clear the door of the trailer, and the top pallet became stuck on the trailer door, pulling it closed on the employee's arm.  The employee suffered a broken left forearm and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate