Incident date: 2023-11-04
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was operating a double pallet jack, and just finished setting down a pallet. As the employee was backing out of the pallet and began to turn. The forks struck the end of the pallet and the employee lost balance. Their foot became caught between the double jack and a warehouse rack resulting in a fractured ankle.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate