Incident date: 2019-11-22
NAICS industry code: 237990

Employees were removing a tarp from blades using a powered industrial truck. While the powered industrial truck was working on the opposite side of the blades, the forks contacted the injured employee's left middle finger, resulting in an amputation of the first digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
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