Incident date: 2025-03-14
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was dumping a trash hopper. The employee pushed a latch, and their left index finger got caught between the hopper and the forks on a forklift. The finger was amputated right below the fingernail.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high