Incident date: 2024-02-05
NAICS industry code: 336212

An employee was trying to place a sawhorse under the forks of a forklift. The forklift lowered its load onto the employee's hand, injuring the hand and lacerating the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: moderate