Incident date: 2018-12-11
NAICS industry code: 336214

An employee was installing an upper coupler on a trailer and utilizing a forklift to support the piece. The coupler came down and smashed his left hand middle finger. The fingertip above the top knuckle was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high