Incident date: 2022-02-14
NAICS industry code: 484121

An employee was unloading an electric pallet jack from a truck. After they moved the pallet jack to the edge of the lift gate to wait for a forklift, they fell with the pallet jack to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken neck and spinal injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate