Incident date: 2022-02-18
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was moving a powered pallet jack when their ankle was pinned between the jack and a racking system resulting in a broken ankle and a ruptured Achilles tendon. The employee was hospitalized.

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 and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate