Incident date: 2016-08-01
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was operating a forklift. When he went to pull the cord to activate the door opener, his right hand became caught in the cord. As he moved forward, his ring fingertip was caught and amputated between the cord and the roll cage on the forklift.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high