Incident date: 2022-10-04
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was operating a forklift down an aisle to return an empty hopper. The hopper shifted on the forks, causing the cable that connected the container and the forklift to snap. The employee's finger was struck by the metal cable and he sustained a partial amputation of the left middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high