Incident date: 2018-03-14
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was operating a hand-powered industrial forklift jack when his left thumb was smashed and fractured between the control handle and a cooler door. He was hospitalized and had surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Pallet jack-nonpowered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate