Incident date: 2019-06-19
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was at a dock operating a high-low forklift when a bulk mail cart (BMC) started rolling towards him.  He extended his right arm in an attempt to stop the BMC and his right middle finger was pinched between the BMC and his forklift, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

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