Incident date: 2023-03-03
NAICS industry code: 444110

An employee was using a forklift to move a load of sheetrock. He reached forward to adjust a spacer and the load dropped while the employee's hand was beneath it resulting in an amputation to the right index fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high