Incident date: 2015-10-28
NAICS industry code: 541380

An employee was in the warehouse area attaching extension bars to the forklift. The extension bars are for longer skids. The extension bar slid off his hand and his right hand got caught between the extension bar and the fork causing the partial amputation of his ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high