Incident date: 2017-10-26
NAICS industry code: 562213

On October 26, 2017, at approximately 6:00 PM, an employee was operating a sit-down rider forklift truck. While traveling in reverse, he placed his right hand on the support beam of the forklift's overhead guard. His right pinky finger was then caught and crushed between this support beam and the metal counterweight or bumper of a large wheel loader. His right little pinky finger was amputated, and he was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with other vehicle, 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