Incident date: 2021-10-28
NAICS industry code: 561612

On October 28, 2021, an employee was operating a forklift with attached freight. The forklift drove over a lip ramp and the freight moved slightly. The employee exited the forklift and was trying to stabilize the freight when the freight fell over and caught the employee's left hand against the floor. Two of the employee's fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Containers-nonpressurized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high