Incident date: 2017-02-10
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was attempting to close a dock door while sitting on a forklift. He had backed his forklift so that the rear right wheel was on a loading dock leveler that was still attached to a trailer approved for release. When the trailer was moved, the forklift fell over and the employee's hand was pinned between the ground and upper overhead carriage. He suffered broken bones in the thumb and palm area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate