Incident date: 2018-08-02
NAICS industry code: 332813

An employee was spotting a forklift, which was moving three sections of structural pipe. The third section shifted and began to roll; as the employee tried to stop it, his right ring finger was fractured and his little finger was partially amputated to the first joint.

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