Incident date: 2018-12-06
NAICS industry code: 326211

An employee had hooked his powered industrial vehicle (PIV) onto an empty rolling rack that is used to haul tire components. While attempting to pull it out, the tip of his right index finger was smashed between the empty rack and the light pole on the PIV. The right index fingertip was surgically removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high