Incident date: 2019-10-17
NAICS industry code: 326112

An employee was driving a forklift and he reached down to pick up a loose piece of banding. As the forklift drove forward, the banding was wrapped under the forklift. His finger was caught between the forklift and banding, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high