Incident date: 2022-01-21
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was driving a powered industrial truck through a product storage aisle. The back of the truck struck a wooden pallet that was sticking out of a rack. The pallet was pushed into another pallet. This caused a board to break off from the pallet and enter the truck, striking the employee in the left side. The employee suffered broken ribs on the left side, as well as a hernia between ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate