Incident date: 2019-01-16
NAICS industry code: 484122

An employee was using a forklift to unload trailers. His hand was under the protected forklift cage as he leaned onto the controls that lowered the boom. His left hand was then caught between the boom and the mast, causing a laceration and three broken bones in his hand. He was hospitalized.

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: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate