Incident date: 2022-01-06
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was operating a pallet jack, which went out of control as the employee tried to insert its forks into a pallet. The employee's right foot was caught between the pallet jack and the pallet, and the employee's ankle was broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: high