Incident date: 2016-12-02
NAICS industry code: 311223

An employee was removing and replacing the hydraulic cylinder from the powered industrial truck. The truck's forklift mechanism became unsecure and struck the employee on the left hand amputating the pinky finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
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