Incident date: 2023-09-05
NAICS industry code: 423930

Employees were taking the forks off a forklift. As they were placing the forks onto another forklift, the injured employee's right ring fingertip was caught by a fork and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high