Incident date: 2021-02-24
NAICS industry code: 237310

A forklift operator was instructing another employee where to secure a load of pipe. A pipe in the load shifted, pinching the operator's thumb between the pipe and cab mounting bracket on the forklift. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the right thumb above the top knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high