Incident date: 2024-10-07
NAICS industry code: 237120

The injured employee was spotting for a forklift driver as they were placing a power pack onto a piece of equipment. The employee's left middle fingertip was crushed between the forklift mast and a brace for the equipment, resulting in an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area  unspecified
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high