Incident date: 2021-12-30
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee was helping a forklift operator move a large, steel c-channel. The c-channel slipped off the forklift and pinched the employee's left little finger between the c-channel and the fabrication that was being completed, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Structural metal materials, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high