Incident date: 2019-02-06
NAICS industry code: 332322

An employee was reversing a forklift truck down an inclined and elevated driveway when the forklift fell upright off the elevated driveway, which was approximately 16 inches above level ground. The employee's right hand was crushed between the cab of the forklift and a guardrail post, breaking the right middle finger and tearing tendons.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate