Incident date: 2022-11-01
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was driving a double-fork pallet jack with two pallets of product when the pallet jack struck a metal barrier that is against a wall. The employee's foot got caught between the pallet jack and the metal barrier resulting in a right ankle/foot fracture.

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: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
severity: moderate