Incident date: 2018-01-04
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was helping to unload a conduit bending machine from his van onto a forklift. The weight of the forklift shifted, and his finger was caught between the forklift and the bender. He suffered a transphalangeal amputation of the right ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Bending, crimping machines
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high