Incident date: 2019-04-23
NAICS industry code: 332710

A forklift was lifting a piece of scrap metal.  The scrap metal cut the strap tying it to the forklift and fell onto an employee. The skin on the employee's right arm was removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Scrap metal
code_nature: title: Avulsions, enucleations
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate