Incident date: 2024-05-11
NAICS industry code: 423510

Two employees were moving 5'' x 1'' x 20' metal tubes from a forklift to a nonpowered rolling conveyor when their right hand became caught between the rollers and a tube. They sustained fractures to their ring and middle fingers requiring surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Pipes, tubes  metal
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate