Incident date: 2019-10-31
NAICS industry code: 327113

An employee was sliding a fork extension onto forklift forks when the fork extension slipped from his grip and his left hand was caught between the fork extension and the forklift forks, resulting in an amputation to the left middle digit.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high