Incident date: 2017-09-11
NAICS industry code: 811310

On September 11, 2017, at approximately 1:30 PM, two employees were performing service on a forklift (one employee was adjusting tension on the fan belt/the second was lubing the steering axle). The second employee attempted to start the forklift and the first employee's left hand was caught between the fan belt and pulley, amputating the middle, ring and pinky fingertips.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high