Incident date: 2023-10-04
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was operating a double pallet jack down an aisle when he was struck by another double pallet jack. The employee's right lower leg was then caught between the pallet jack and a rack beam, resulting in an injury just above the right ankle that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate