Incident date: 2016-05-23
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was stacking cases on a pallet when he was struck by a pallet jack being operated by a coworker. The employee's ankle was pinned between the pallet and the pallet jack, fracturing his right ankle and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate