Incident date: 2023-03-16
NAICS industry code: 322291

An employee was cleaning the maintenance shop and dumping debris in a dumpster using a forklift. As the employee was dumping the debris, their left hand was caught between the 5-yard metal hopper and the forklift forks, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high