Incident date: 2024-07-05
NAICS industry code: 541614

On July 5, 2024, an employee was on a triple electric pallet jack transporting a load in the cooler section of the dock. An employee from a different company was on a forklift coming through the passageway with a pallet. The injured employee was struck with the load in the back of his left leg, resulting in a severe laceration that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s)  unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate