Incident date: 2021-06-15
NAICS industry code: 424130

An employee was driving a forklift down an aisle. The forklift struck a piece of wood, went out of control, and hit a rack. The employee's right thumb was crushed between the rack and forklift resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb.

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