Incident date: 2015-06-26
NAICS industry code: 333298

An employee was assembling a mast on a forklift. The employee's fingers were caught in a pinch point, which resulted in severe lacerations of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate