Incident date: 2019-11-11
NAICS industry code: 445110

A forklift operator was using the forklift to take pallets from receiving docks to a reserve storage location. The forklift reversed and his left little finger was pinched between the forklift and a rack, causing an amputation of the fingertip with bone loss.

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