Incident date: 2023-01-05
NAICS industry code: 488490

On January 5, 2023, an employee was operating a stand-up electric forklift to rearrange wooden pallets in a warehouse. The forklift struck a concrete pole and the employee's thumb was pinched between the pole and the forklift, resulting in a fractured thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate