Incident date: 2021-03-02
NAICS industry code: 221310

A driver was helping unload product at a customer location. As the customer used a forklift to unload the product, an iron pipe started slipping. The employee was using a tightening rod to push the bar when his left thumb was caught between the pipe and the rod. The thumb was crushed and broken.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate