Incident date: 2021-05-22
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was unloading a box truck. The employee was operating a manual pallet jack while walking backwards onto the lift gate. The jack struck the employee's right leg, fracturing the fibula and the tibia.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Pallet jack-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate