Incident date: 2022-05-08
NAICS industry code: 532120

An employee was moving the forks of a forklift when his right thumb was caught in the forklift and his thumb tip was crushed. The thumb tip required surgical amputation.

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: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high