Incident date: 2018-08-16
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was loading pallets on a trailer with a single jack when the jack's forks became stuck on a dock plate. While maneuvering the single jack, the employee lost control of the equipment and ran into a conveyor system located nearby. 

The employee suffered a laceration to the left lower leg that became swollen, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate