Incident date: 2019-11-26
NAICS industry code: 337125

An employee was reaching to operate a lever on a hopper that had been raised by a forklift. The hopper shifted and pinched the employee's left ring finger against the forklift fork. The end of the finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high