Incident date: 2015-12-09
NAICS industry code: 312111

An employee was reloading pallets onto a truck and was returning the powered pallet jack to the truck. The employee walked the jack back onto the trailer in the space available on the lift gate. The jack moved to the right, running over the employee's foot and pinning his leg. He lost his balance and fell approximately 3 to 4 feet off the lift gate platform, twisting his right ankle and breaking his right leg below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Delivery truck or van
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate