Incident date: 2025-03-10
NAICS industry code: 331221

On March 10, 2025, an employee was picking up a skid of steel with a forklift. The band on the skid broke. The employee was moving the banding when the mast dropped. The employee's right thumb was crushed between the skid and a piece of steel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate