Incident date: 2024-01-22
NAICS industry code: 423990

An employee was gathering loose pallets while driving a reach truck. The vehicle struck a roof support beam and the employee's left ring finger was injured, requiring surgical amputation of the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high