Incident date: 2019-03-20
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack. He picked up two pallets with the jack; the top pallet shifted, causing the bottom pallet to move as well. This caused the pallet jack to suddenly lower. It struck the employee's right shin and dropped onto his left foot. He was hospitalized for surgery on his foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate