Incident date: 2023-10-27
NAICS industry code: 333120

An employee was replenishing steel waffle plates and using a forklift to set down an existing stack. The employee was repositioning the stack on the forklift when the load shifted and pinched his left ring finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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