Incident date: 2019-02-19
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was trying to transfer lumber from a bundle on a forklift into the bed of a truck. The lumber was frozen together, and another employee began to tap it with a hammer. The wood began to slide, and the first employee's hand was caught between the falling wood and a stack of wood. The employee's right ring fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high