Incident date: 2020-08-10
NAICS industry code: 452990

An employee was operating a reach truck when the safety flags fell between the operator's compartment and mast. The employee attempted to grab the flags and hit the controller while doing so. The mast lowered, trapping his right arm in the machine. He was hospitalized with a degloved arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate