Incident date: 2018-07-03
NAICS industry code: 488320

While stripping a container, an employee signaled to boom down and the forklift extension became caught on bracing material. When he went to retrieve the strap, the forklift extension slipped off the bracing material, having a spring effect that crushed his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate