Incident date: 2024-09-27
NAICS industry code: 452311

An employee was helping to remove an electric jack that was stuck in an empty pallet. She was standing on top of the empty pallet when the pallet jack became unstuck, causing the pallet to move and the employee to fall to the ground, striking her head. She suffered a fractured left hip requiring hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hip joint(s)
severity: moderate