Incident date: 2016-04-04
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger while connecting a tow bar to a forklift's attachment. The employee's finger got pinched between the tow bar and the pintle hook on the attachment.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high