Incident date: 2015-10-18
NAICS industry code: 481112

An employee was moving a pallet with a forklift. The pallet was attached to the forklift with a chain. The employee tried to manually move the chain when the forklift rolled and pinched his fingers between the chain the vertical upright. His pinky finger was 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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high