Incident date: 2024-09-26
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was operating a standup forklift to place cases of product. His thumb was caught between the vertical bar in the forklift cage and a metal rack, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high