Incident date: 2025-05-16
NAICS industry code: 444190

An employee and a forklift driver were lifting a bundle of plywood material that had a 2 x 6 at the bottom of the stack. The employee went to get the 2 x 6 when the driver started moving it on the opposite side. The employee's right middle finger got crushed between the bundle and the fork, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Bundles, bales
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high