Incident date: 2018-09-07
NAICS industry code: 332312

On September 7, 2018, at about 6:15 a.m., an employee was using a forklift to empty a trash hopper when the hopper shifted. The employee's middle finger was then caught between the hopper and the forks of the forklift, resulting in a medical amputation of the fingertip.

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