Incident date: 2016-04-02
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee attempted to move an electric pallet jack from the battery room. As he turned the pallet jack, his left thumb was caught between the pallet jack handle and a metal concrete pillar. He suffered a compound fracture his left hand, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate