Incident date: 2019-11-07
NAICS industry code: 488510

An employee at a customer site was attempting to free a stuck pallet. When the jack came free, the employee fell backwards sustaining a fracture to their left wrist requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate