Incident date: 2024-06-12
NAICS industry code: 484121

Employees lifted a dead forklift up with another forklift to removed tangled data wires. As an employee was removing the wires, the forklift fell, and the forks landed on the employee's right hand, amputating their index and middle fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high