Incident date: 2023-10-24
NAICS industry code: 321920

An employee was cleaning off a pallet sorting machine. The employee jumped approximately two feet from the top of the pallet sorting machine to a lower platform. Upon landing, the employee's left ankle rolled, resulting in a fracture that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other jump to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate