Incident date: 2024-06-06
NAICS industry code: 562112

An employee was preparing a load for the electric pallet jack he was operating. He was walking backward when he tripped and fell. The pallet jack struck his left leg, and he was hospitalized with a broken left fibula.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
code_source: title: Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate