Incident date: 2019-08-11
NAICS industry code: 327212

An employee was dumping a trip hopper. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the forks of the forklift and the trip hopper, causing an amputation at the first joint.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
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