Incident date: 2020-07-06
NAICS industry code: 811118

An employee was moving a 1-inch-diameter metal pipe onto the forks of a forklift. The employee's left hand was pinched between the pipe and the forks; the ring fingertip was crushed and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high