Incident date: 2021-11-18
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was standing with a fully loaded walkie pallet jack on the side lift gate of a delivery truck, preparing for a delivery. The lift gate platform broke at the hinges, causing the employee, the pallet jack, and a loaded pallet to fall about 4 feet to the concrete ground. The employee suffered a broken lower right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall from collapsing structure or equipment less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate