Incident date: 2019-01-24
NAICS industry code: 561210

An employee was helping a forklift driver position the forks behind a vehicle to be picked up. The forks were raised, and the employee's right thumb was crushed between them and the vehicle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high