Incident date: 2022-01-27
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee was loading pallets on a trailer at the dock. The employee entered a trailer on a rider jack, dropped their load, and began moving backward to exit the trailer. The rider jack impacted the dock plate while it was in an upward position and the employee was thrown into the dock plate, resulting in a compound fracture of their right tibia that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate