Incident date: 2020-08-10
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was backing up a stand-up forklift. The forklift's mast struck a 900-pound bundle of aluminum channel overhead, causing it to fall from a rack onto the employee's right hand. He suffered a laceration and a fracture to his right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate