Incident date: 2022-09-19
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was being trained on material handling equipment when they attempted to stop the forklift by reaching out their hand. The employee's hand got caught in warehouse racking, resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high