Incident date: 2018-05-03
NAICS industry code: 237990

A load of steel was being moved with a powered industrial truck. An employee was guiding the load while walking down a corridor when he lost his grip on the tagline and attempted to stabilize the load with his hand. The load then pinned his hand against the wall, fracturing it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate