Incident date: 2024-02-16
NAICS industry code: 336399

A forklift operator was lifting a stack of packages. A few of the packages tipped over onto the top of the forklift, where they struck the operator's left hand. He suffered lacerations to multiple fingers and an amputated little fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Packages, parcels
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high