Incident date: 2020-07-29
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was lubricating the lift cylinder of a powered industrial truck. When grease lubricant was injected, it came out of a crack in the truck's grease hose and perforated the skin of the employee's right palm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate