Incident date: 2018-11-28
NAICS industry code: 331421

On November 28, 2018, an employee was unloading bars with a forklift and then reversed in order to realign the forklift. The forklift mast was elevated at the time and hit a cross beam overhead, causing his forklift to overturn. His fingers were caught between the overhead guard and a concrete column, resulting in finger amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high