Incident date: 2020-09-05
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was operating a loaded pallet jack. While exiting a trailer onto an elevated dock lift, momentum from the load caused the front wheels to go off the dock lift. The employee then jumped, or fell off, and sustained a bruised knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Knee(s)
severity: moderate