Incident date: 2017-05-08
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack in a warehouse aisle. He was driving down the aisle attempting to pass a coworker on his left. His right foot was hanging off the platform of the pallet jack and was caught between the pallet jack and a steel building column, smashing his foot. He was hospitalized with two broken bones and lacerations on his right foot.

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: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate