Incident date: 2022-07-19
NAICS industry code: 332321

An employee was using a forklift to transport a large trash bin and empty it in a dumpster. While outside the forklift, the employee placed their hand on a railing and the trash bin slipped/tilted back, crushing their finger against the railing. Their ring finger was fractured and required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate