Incident date: 2024-07-02
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was spotting a forklift lifting a skid when the skid shifted and the employee's left little finger became caught between the skid and the forks. The employee was hospitalized and sustained an amputation of the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high