Incident date: 2022-12-30
NAICS industry code: 811122

An employee was operating a pallet jack to change a forklift battery. Upon reversing, the employee's right leg became caught between the pallet jack and a scrubber, resulting in a right tibia fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate