Incident date: 2023-08-10
NAICS industry code: 312111

A temporary employee was operating a walkie rider pallet jack. They were coming out from between two racks when their pallet jack made glancing contact with another walkie rider pallet jack, then struck the rear of a forklift. The employee sustained a fracture to the right medial malleolus, four dislocated toes on the right foot that required surgery, and a laceration to the right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and dislocations
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
severity: moderate