Incident date: 2018-12-20
NAICS industry code: 423830

Employee 1 was slowly transporting an electric motor via a lifting strap from a forklift while another employee (employee 2) was trying to keep the electric motor from swinging as the forklift was passing under a door. The electric motor slipped out of the lifting strap. Employee 2 tried to catch the falling electric motor and severely cut three fingers on his left hand. Employee 2 was hospitalized for hand surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Motors other than vehicle
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate