Incident date: 2023-03-06
NAICS industry code: 484110

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack to move empty pallets around the facility when the vehicle struck an angle iron barricade in the warehouse. The employee sustained rib fractures.

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: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate