Incident date: 2016-06-06
NAICS industry code: 452910

An employee was driving a forklift behind a coworker's forklift when the coworker suddenly turned. The two forklifts collided, and the employee's left hand was crushed between them, causing fractures and ligament damage. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate