Incident date: 2024-04-06
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was walking backward while operating a walk-behind pallet jack when he backed into a pallet of product on the floor and fell backward onto the pallet. The pallet jack rolled onto his foot and crushed and fractured two of his toes.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling powered vehicle or machinery
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Toes(s), toenail(s)
severity: moderate