Incident date: 2022-03-30
NAICS industry code: 423810

An employee was trying to repair a standing lift truck/material handler, supported on jack stands, by removing a sheared-off threaded rod with vise grips in his hands. The forks shifted off the jack stands and fell onto his right hand, puncturing it between the ring and little fingers. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate