Incident date: 2017-11-15
NAICS industry code: 424410

An employee was driving a pallet jack near the end of an aisle as another driver was turning into the same aisle. To avoid a collision with the other driver, the employee turned the pallet jack into some racks and suffered a 6-inch laceration to his leg. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate