Incident date: 2021-12-16
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee was operating a motorized pallet jack. While in reverse, the pallet jack power unit doors collided with the leg of a racking system, and the employee's knee was pinched. The employee sustained a laceration and a contusion to their left knee.

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: Cuts and abrasions or bruises
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate