Incident date: 2018-02-21
NAICS industry code: 333243

An employee was using a 7.5-ton overhead crane to move a suspended load while holding onto the load with his right hand. The load weight plate (with his hand on it) then struck the back of a forklift, and his right index and middle fingers were lacerated. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate