Incident date: 2022-07-18
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was working on inventory in an item return area. An electric reach truck backed into the area, and the employee's right ankle was caught between the reach truck and a stationary pallet jack. The employee's ankle was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate