Incident date: 2021-12-01
NAICS industry code: 454310

An employee had been raised on a forklift and was installing a hanging heater in a warehouse. As the employee was holding onto the forklift rail, the employee's hand was caught between the rail and a rafter. The employee suffered a fracture and torn ligaments in the index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate