Incident date: 2016-11-09
NAICS industry code: 321920

As an employee was reversing the forklift, he placed his right hand on the forklift cage. His thumb struck against a cylinder protruding from one of the plastics machines, amputating three-quarters of 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: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high