Incident date: 2018-07-20
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when his right ring finger was caught between the forks and the mast of the forklift. His right ring finger was severely lacerated, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate