Incident date: 2015-06-22
NAICS industry code: 332410

An employee was helping to place a motor on the bed of a truck using a forklift. He reached under the forks to unhook a chain when the forks came down crushing his hand and forearm.  No bones were broken, but he suffered severe bruising and a compression injury. The employee's arm was lanced from the wrist to the elbow to relieve internal pressure.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Bruises, contusions
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate