Incident date: 2016-11-13
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was giving hand signals to a powered industrial truck (PIT) operator who was pushing pipe around the yard. When he motioned the operator to lower a bundle, his hand was caught between the fork of the PIT and the pipe bundle, lacerating and fracturing his right thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate