Incident date: 2016-03-10
NAICS industry code: 332919

An employee was helping a coworker move a catwalk away from a piece of equipment for cleaning purposes. The employee's hands were beneath the catwalk to guide the forks of the forklift under the catwalk when the fork caught his right index finger, partially amputating the tip. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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), unspecified
severity: high