Incident date: 2016-11-01
NAICS industry code: 423220

An employee was using a crowbar to lift a powered industrial truck outrigger to dislodge debris from the metal outrigger wheel. While he was using his left hand to brush the debris away from the wheel, the crowbar slipped and allowed the wheel to fall on his left hand, amputating his middle fingertip and breaking his pointer finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high