Incident date: 2022-09-09
NAICS industry code: 452311

An employee was dismounting a standup counterbalance forklift when it turned slightly toward a rack and struck a steel beam. The tips of the employee's left little and ring fingers were pinched between the forklift and the rack. He was hospitalized and the tip of his ring finger was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high