Incident date: 2016-05-11
NAICS industry code: 561320

An employee was operating a pallet jack to deliver a stack of empty pallets. While making a right turn, he lost control of the pallet jack. As he quickly exited the vehicle, his lower left leg/ankle was caught between the pallet jack and a support post. He was hospitalized with a broken left ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate