Incident date: 2018-12-20
NAICS industry code: 213112

Three employees were placing forks onto a backhoe. As the forks were slid onto the holder, an employee's finger was smashed between the forks and the backhoe. The fingertip was medically amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high