Incident date: 2022-05-15
NAICS industry code: 424410

The injured employee stood beside his pallet jack while selecting from a rack. He attempted to move the pallet jack forward to create more space for a second employee. The pallet jack rolled forward and struck a pallet, pushing it into the injured employee's left foot and pinching the foot against a metal rack. The foot injury required hospitalization and surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Pallet jack-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Foot (feet), unspecified
severity: moderate