Incident date: 2018-07-05
NAICS industry code: 488310

An employee was standing with his hand on the end of a piece of 4x4 wood that was under a flatbed trailer. A forklift placed a load of steel on the trailer, and the weight of the load pushed down on the trailer bed. The employee's hand was crushed between the piece of wood and the trailer.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Trailers
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate