Incident date: 2023-03-01
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was attempting to remove a core chuck from a spent parent roll tissue core using a powered pallet jack with a chuck clamp attachment. The employee was pinned between a yellow post and the powered pallet jack, and was found lying on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured back.

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: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate