Incident date: 2025-07-29
NAICS industry code: 493110

On July 29, 2025, an employee was using a riding pallet jack to load gaylords (corrugated boxes) into a trailer. While reversing out of the trailer, the pallet jack backed into a protective bollard. The employee's hand was crushed between the pallet jack and the bollard. He sustained fractures, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate