Incident date: 2024-11-08
NAICS industry code: 335999

An employee was operating an electric pallet jack with commercial finished goods. The floor was wet due to rain and the pallet jack lost traction and struck a pallet of broken glass. The employee's left foot and ankle were caught between the pallet jack and the pallet, and a piece of glass punctured his left calf. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate