Incident date: 2016-05-24
NAICS industry code: 488320

An employee was checking the fluids on a forklift when he lost his footing. His right arm was impaled by the forklift's muffler guard, tearing an artery, tendons, and muscles. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate