Incident date: 2025-03-19
NAICS industry code: 452311

An employee was operating a walk-behind pallet jack to lift pallets. The back guard on the pallet jack struck a kayak which fell onto the employee's leg and fractured it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Rowboat, kayak, canoe, raft
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate