Incident date: 2020-03-06
NAICS industry code: 518210

An employee was transporting a pallet containing two paper rolls (weighing about 900-1,000 pounds each) using a standup rider pallet jack. The pallet jack collided with another pallet, causing the rolls to shift. One struck his leg, breaking it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate