Incident date: 2020-02-22
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was dumping a tote of rice using a forklift. The employee dropped his work knife. As he went to retrieve the knife, his right hand was caught in a lump breaker resulting in nerve damage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
code_source: title: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries to nerves, except the spinal cord, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate