Incident date: 2017-10-23
NAICS industry code: 333112

The injured employee was hanging parts on the paint conveyor. A forklift operated by another employee in the area was dropping off a pallet of parts. As the forklift backed up, it snagged the hanging pendant control for the overhead hoist. The pendant control was flung back towards the employee hanging the parts and struck the employee's left arm resulting in a fractured forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Overhead hoists, unspecified
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate