Incident date: 2023-01-17
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was on a forklift picker while being trained by a co-worker on picking orders. As the employee leaned backward, the driver raised the forklift mast. When the picker went up, it caught her right arm, resulting in a laceration on the forearm that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate