Incident date: 2022-05-17
NAICS industry code: 423510

An employee was assisting a forklift operator to load an 8-piece bundle of metal plates onto a flatbed trailer. The employee was adjusting the board on the trailer to lay the plate down while the load was above on the forks. The bundle slid/adjusted while on the forks and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a wood block, amputating the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high