Incident date: 2024-11-26
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee was repositioning a load on a pallet while a forklift was lifting the pallet for repositioning. The forks hit the crossbar on the opposite side of the pallet, causing it to thrust forward into the employee's right index finger, which got caught between the pallet and a package track. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle or object propelled by another vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high