Incident date: 2015-08-25
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was backing a forklift off a scale. He backed over a wooden pedestrian walkway that gave way under the weight of the machine, tipping the forklift onto a column. The employee's left hand was trapped between the column and the forklift crushing three fingers. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate