Incident date: 2015-12-09
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was holding forklift forks in the upright position when a fork fell and crushed the employee's finger. One-third of the employee's finger was amputated at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
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