Incident date: 2022-03-02
NAICS industry code: 236210

A metal cage was being moved with a telehandler. An employee was adjusting the rigging for the cage when the telehandler's forks were lowered. The forks pinched the employee's left little finger against the cage, causing a laceration to the fingertip that required a skin graft.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: moderate