Incident date: 2024-08-22
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee was using a manual pallet jack to move rubber compound when the pallet jack wheel got stuck in the groove on the floor. While maneuvering into another position, the employee felt a pop in his back. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his back that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion while materials moving by hand
code_source: title: Non-riding pallet jack
code_nature: title: Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
severity: moderate