Incident date: 2015-10-21
NAICS industry code: 423830

An employee was moving a 220 pound cutting edge (blade) onto a pallet using a forklift. The blade was unstable and the employee exited the forklift to steady the blade. The blade shifted and fell onto her left ring finger resulting in the amputation of the finger up to the first digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Machine, tool, and electric parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high