Incident date: 2015-07-18
NAICS industry code: 452910

On or about July 18, 2015, at approximately 8:10 a.m., an employee was dismounting an electric pallet jack in the warehouse.  After bringing the pallet jack to a full stop, she swung her leg out and struck an upright for a steel shelving unit, breaking a bone behind her knee. She was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Shelves, shelving
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate