Incident date: 2020-06-18
NAICS industry code: 325510

An employee was moving forks on a zoom boom telehandler to fit into a manhole when the forks became stuck. As he was trying to push them over, the forks swung back and caught his right middle finger, crushing and severing the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high