Incident date: 2022-11-09
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was moving the porcelain portion of a capacitive voltage transformer into a steel bin using a forklift with lifting straps. The transformer slipped off the forklift and crushed her right hand, which required surgery. She also sustained a right shoulder fracture.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate