Incident date: 2019-09-06
NAICS industry code: 311513

During unloading of a commercial water heater from a delivery truck, an employee's left index finger was pinched between a fork on the unloading vehicle and the top edge of the water heater. The left index finger was lacerated approximately 1 inch from the tip. A portion of the left index finger was surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high