Incident date: 2018-06-21
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was using a forklift to install a lifting beam on the top of a tower section when his finger was pinched between the beam and the forklift, resulting in an amputation of his left ring fingertip.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high