Incident date: 2018-06-06
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee reached for cases on a second level pick slot, grabbed the product and sat it onto their pallet jack while standing on the pallet jack platform. The employee then lost their footing and tried to catch themselves by grabbing the control handle. The directional control was triggered in the forward direction. Their right foot was struck-by the platform and pinned against a rack leg. The employee sustained a laceration above the right ankle and a crushing injury to the right foot.

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: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate