Incident date: 2016-08-12
NAICS industry code: 322299

An employee was holding a piece of plywood in his right hand by the steel structure of a conveyor. A forklift was returning a dumpster to that area and the forklift struck the plywood pressing the employee's finger between the plywood and the steel structure of a conveyor. The tip of the employee's right ring finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high