Incident date: 2025-02-20
NAICS industry code: 493110

A temporary employee was using a double pallet rider to move pallets from between the balers. The pallet rider struck a yellow bollard and the employee's ankle was pinned between the pallet rider's platform and the bollard. The employee was hospitalized with an open fracture to her lower right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate