Incident date: 2024-09-06
NAICS industry code: 424420

An employee was operating a riding pallet jack and making a turn toward a dock door when the pallet jack slid and struck a parked pallet jack, catching his foot between the two pallet jacks. The employee was hospitalized with a right foot fracture and required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle(s) moving and standing vehicle
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate