Incident date: 2021-11-18
NAICS industry code: 321912

An employee was adjusting 4-by-4 cribbing before a forklift lowered a double-stacked load of 2-by-4-by-8 lumber. The far end of a single piece of cribbing fell off the support, and the employee's right middle finger was crushed between the cribbing and the underside of the double-stacked lumber. The fingertip was amputated (without bone loss).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
code_source: title: Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high