Incident date: 2019-08-05
NAICS industry code: 561990

Employees were using a forklift to move a piece of steel onto a structure when an employee's hand was caught between the steel load and the structure. The employee sustained a crushing injury that resulted in amputation of the right ring fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high