Incident date: 2021-04-06
NAICS industry code: 484121

On April 6, 2021, an employee was operating a forklift and activated the dead man lever in order to avoid a collision. The forklift stopped abruptly and jerked forward, causing the employee's left arm to get caught between the lift and the racking. The employee sustained a laceration to the left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate