Incident date: 2017-12-09
NAICS industry code: 561311

An employee was hooking/rigging a forklift when the forklift operator began the lift. The employee's left ring finger was then caught and crushed by the forklift chain. His fingertip had to be amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high