Incident date: 2016-01-03
NAICS industry code: 452112

As an employee was dismounting a forklift, a coworker approached with a motorized pallet jack. The coworker did not stop in time and struck the employee on the right leg. The employee was hospitalized for a broken bone above the right ankle.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate