Incident date: 2024-05-16
NAICS industry code: 811111

A forklift was used to load a flammable storage cabinet (weighing approximately 265 pounds) into the bed of a pickup truck. Once the forklift was removed and parked, employees went to re-position the cabinet. They lifted one edge of the cabinet to roll it on its side. The cabinet dropped approximately 2 inches and landed on the injured employee s left middle finger causing a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object dropped by person
code_source: title: Cabinets, cases, dressers
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high