Incident date: 2020-12-23
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was emptying a forklift hopper of steel chips into a larger bin. The employee's left index finger was pinched between the fork of the forklift and the hopper, causing the amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high