Incident date: 2023-01-23
NAICS industry code: 541614

A temporary employee was spotting a forklift that was loading cable reels (weighing 5,000-7,000 pounds) onto a trailer. The employee tried to position a chock under a secondary reel while their hand was under the primary reel being staged, and the primary reel rolled over their left hand and damaged an artery. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate