Incident date: 2020-12-15
NAICS industry code: 311919

On December 15, 2020, an employee was pulling a 40-inch handheld pallet jack into position for a forklift to pick it up. The forklift struck the employee as it backed up, breaking his right ankle. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate