Incident date: 2016-02-08
NAICS industry code: 811198

An employee was servicing a forklift at a customer's site when the employee's hand was struck by the forklift motor cooling fan blade. The employee suffered hand and wrist lacerations and a broken middle finger. The forklift was not locked out at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate