Incident date: 2025-04-04
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee stepped off his pallet jack when his gloves caught the jack handle throttle button, causing the jack to accelerate. The employee's left ankle was pinned between the pallet jack platform and an angle iron, resulting in injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate