Incident date: 2024-07-01
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was observing a forklift under operation when the boards shifted and his right hand became pinched between the supports of the forklift attachment and the forklift tine. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high