Incident date: 2024-03-04
NAICS industry code: 331529

An employee was helping a dross bin, which was being raised by a forklift. The lever to empty the dross bin was pulled, causing the bin to tip forward and up. The employee's left index finger was caught between the forklift forks and the bin, and the fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
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