Incident date: 2017-02-27
NAICS industry code: 332999

An employee of another unit was moving bar stock with a forklift when it became stuck as he went through a doorway. The injured employee was helping to move the bar stock and when the forklift lowered, the bar stock fell onto the injured employee's hand amputating his middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high