Incident date: 2019-07-24
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was operating a forklift when the side of the forklift came in contact with a guard that was protecting a piece of equipment. The guard snapped and hit the employee in the elbow resulting in a laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Elbow(s)
severity: moderate