Incident date: 2018-07-25
NAICS industry code: 327390

A forklift operator picked up a hollow core so an employee could put dunnage underneath it. The hollow core was rigged with hooks when it broke and fell on the employee's thumbs, breaking and spraining both of them.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Parts and materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate