Incident date: 2024-11-11
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was talking with a supervisor when she was struck by a water heater that fell off a pallet on a passing electric pallet jack. The water heater struck her in the left calf, causing a partial laceration to a tendon that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate