Incident date: 2019-05-03
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee was operating a fork truck. The load was suspended above a plastic bin. When the employee reached to untie the load his shirt pocket caught on an operating lever and the load lowered with his arm inside the mast. The employee sustained a fractured right ulna and radius.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate