Incident date: 2016-11-08
NAICS industry code: 327320

While operating a forklift, an employee struck a truck that was being repaired. The employee then attempted to reverse the forklift while a hand was on the outside of the roll bar, but went forward instead. The employee's right pinky finger was caught and amputated between the forklift's roll bar and the truck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision between a moving and standing vehicle, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high