Incident date: 2024-03-01
NAICS industry code: 424130

An employee was using a clamp fork truck to load a railcar with rolls of material. The employee exited the lift to put a mat between two of the rolls. The roll held by the fork truck's clamp (60 inches, weighing 3,000-3,500 pounds) dropped from the clamp onto his arm, covering it from hand to bicep. He sustained compartment syndrome, with blood clots, in the arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils
code_nature: title: Other traumatic injuries  n.e.c.
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate