Incident date: 2023-10-04
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was loading a trailer for next day deliveries using a rider pallet jack. On their way out of the trailer, their lower left leg/calf struck the prongs on a mobile dock plate that was stored in the trailer, resulting in a laceration. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate