Incident date: 2022-05-17
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was in a front-load pallet jack, moving a pallet, when the pallet jack's steering system jerked sharply. The employee was pinned between the pallet jack and a rack of merchandise; the employee's left foot and ankle were lacerated, and the employee was hospitalized.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
severity: moderate