Incident date: 2018-09-11
NAICS industry code: 327331

An employee was attempting to adjust stacked carriers that had been bumped by a forklift when his left middle finger was pinched between two carriers, resulting in a fingertip amputation at the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high