Incident date: 2025-05-23
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee just finished building a pallet on a table. There was a stack of pallets behind him (stacked approximately 7-8 feet high). A forklift went to move the stack of pallets and the stack fell forward onto the employee, resulting in a broken left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate