Incident date: 2017-09-20
NAICS industry code: 424690

An employee was using a forklift to bag ground-up dirt that is used for drilling operations. As he was removing a hook from a metal rack, the forklift moved forward and the mast struck his right middle finger, smashing it and amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high