Incident date: 2018-01-09
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was using a walkie rider pallet jack to load cases of beverages into a delivery truck. He lost control as he approached the back of the truck, and his foot slipped off the walkie rider. His left leg was then caught between the front of the walkie rider and the truck bumper, suffering soft tissue damage that required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate