Incident date: 2017-07-20
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was unloading items from a forklift when his right hand was caught in the lifting mechanism, amputating the first digit of his index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high