Incident date: 2025-08-18
NAICS industry code: 444130

An employee was backing up an electric pallet jack when it struck a yellow guardrail, pinning his ankle between the pallet jack and the guardrail. The employee suffered a crush injury to his left ankle and shin.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate