Incident date: 2020-05-15
NAICS industry code: 423720

An employee was on the ground, trying to get a pallet jack unstuck from under a pallet. Another employee was trying to pry it loose using a forklift. One of the forks on the forklift popped up, hitting the bottom of the first employee's right foot and breaking his heel. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Heel(s)
severity: moderate