Incident date: 2022-12-05
NAICS industry code: 453998

On December 5, 2022, at approximately 5:24 PM, an employee was changing a wheel on a reach truck when the jack slipped, causing the outrigger to fall and crush his left middle and ring fingers against the concrete floor. He sustained amputations to both fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high