Incident date: 2024-08-14
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was unloading a pallet jack from a flatbed trailer. When the tire of the pallet jack contacted the wood decking of the trailer, the jack shifted abruptly and caused the employee to fall off the side of the trailer, landing on the ground. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of his head, a concussion, and a fractured right elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate