Incident date: 2023-06-29
NAICS industry code: 326122

An employee was making a delivery to a jobsite. He got out of his truck to assist the client in removing pipes from the trailer using a forklift. When assisting to maneuver the forks into place, the employee's left hand was crushed between the trailer and forklift forks. He sustained a ring finger fracture and amputation of the little finger to the first knuckle.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high