Incident date: 2024-02-26
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was removing one of the forklift counterweights to access the controls. The weight slipped and fell forward and the employee's left ring finger was caught between the plate and the forklift frame, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine attachments  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high