Incident date: 2020-02-03
NAICS industry code: 332999

On February 3, 2020, an employee was dumping a scrap hopper of metal into a larger hopper. The scrap hopper started to slide down the forks, and the employee's fingers were caught between the forks and the scrap hopper. Two of the employee's fingertips were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high