Incident date: 2022-12-29
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee had been moving a tote using a pallet jack. An automatic guided vehicle (AGV) picked up a tote and was transporting it to another location when it struck the pallet jack, pushing the pallet jack into the employee who was then caught between the pallet jack and a column. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture of the left leg that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate