Incident date: 2024-07-03
NAICS industry code: 112310

An employee was operating the walk/ride powered pallet jack in the cooler and became startled which caused him to step off the powered pallet jack while it was in operation and his hand was still on the operating controls. The employee's left ankle was run over by the powered pallet jack resulting in hospitalization.

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