Incident date: 2024-12-18
NAICS industry code: 311812

An employee was using a powered pallet jack to take a pallet into the freezer. He opened the freezer door but it did not open all the way, and his face struck against the door. The employee sustained a contusion and a fracture to the right side of his face. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate