Incident date: 2023-09-05
NAICS industry code: 333318

An employee was stacking parts onto a small pallet on top of a pallet jack when the weight of the pallet caused the lift to slightly tip. The pallet and parts fell off the lift and onto the employee's right leg, resulting in fractures to the leg/foot that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate