Incident date: 2024-01-19
NAICS industry code: 325320

An employee was using a forklift to dump waste from a small hopper to a bigger hopper. He elevated the hopper, got out of the forklift, and used a lever to lower the hopper to dump the waste. After dumping the hopper, it swung back and pinched the employee's left index finger between it and the forklift fork, amputating the tip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high