Incident date: 2017-07-05
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was replacing forklift cylinder seals on the outer main lift cylinder. The employee raised the mast channels to separate the cylinder from the mast. The jack failed and the employee's right hand was caught between the cylinder and the forklift mast resulting in a crushing injury to his right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate