Incident date: 2024-04-26
NAICS industry code: 454113

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack (EPJ) and making a U-turn when they became caught between the pallet jack and racking. The front part of their foot was pinned between the racking corner guard and the EPJ platform. The employee sustained lacerated tendons to the right big toe that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate