Incident date: 2020-10-01
NAICS industry code: 327211

A forklift operator was dumping a dumpster when his left middle finger was caught between the forks of the forklift and the dumpster resulting in amputation of the finger up to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high