Incident date: 2024-12-10
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was operating a walkie rider pallet jack. When the pallet jack abruptly stopped on a divot in the floor, the employee was thrown to the floor and hospitalized for a lower back injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate