Incident date: 2023-02-09
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was operating a forklift and went to grab a hold of the swinging arm to swing it into place. His hand was caught between the forklift and the swing arm, resulting in a middle finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high