Incident date: 2017-08-22
NAICS industry code: 326150

An employee was operating a forklift while his right hand was outside of the driving compartment. He drove near a dumpster and his hand became caught between the forklift and the dumpster, causing a soft tissue crush injury to his right hand between the index finger and the 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: Crushing injuries
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate