Incident date: 2020-10-28
NAICS industry code: 423140

A employee was attempting to move a broken electric pallet jack with a forklift. The injured employee attempted to assist the employee in turning the pallet jack upright. He grabbed the wheel well with his left hand and his hand became lodged in the wheel well and was fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate