Incident date: 2023-04-10
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was operating an order picker. After lining up with a rack to pull items, the lift lurched backward and the employee's left thumb was crushed between the rack and the vehicle. They sustained a partial amputation to the thumb above the first knuckle.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high