Incident date: 2024-06-11
NAICS industry code: 321991

The injured employee was on top of the dock watching a floor section that was being pushed on a dolly by a forklift toward the dock where the interior walls are built. The employee reached down between the floor section and the dock to retrieve a hose when their left hand was caught between the floor section and the dock, crushing two fingertips. One fingertip was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high