Incident date: 2021-07-13
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was moving a machine apparatus that weighed approximately 3,000 lbs. with a forklift. As the apparatus was lifted, it shifted and amputated the employee's left middle finger to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by shifting load during transport, 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