Incident date: 2021-08-30
NAICS industry code: 311224

On August 30, 2021, an employee was opening the door to a pallet magazine while operating a forklift. As the employee backed up the forklift, the employee's fingers were pinched between its frame and the magazine door. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high