Incident date: 2024-08-08
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was operating a powered pallet jack during a training exercise when it collided with a nearby racking system. Their left ankle was caught between a pallet and the pallet jack and fractured.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate