Incident date: 2021-03-05
NAICS industry code: 488310

A longshoring employee was removing strapping from a bundle of lumber at pierside. The employee's leg was entangled in the rigging sling a forklift had used to move the bundle of lumber. The employee suffered leg and ankle injuries and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate