Incident date: 2023-10-08
NAICS industry code: 493110

A temporary employee was using a forklift to move a pallet of goods when the forklift struck a rack. The employee's little finger was caught between the forklift and the rack and was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
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