Incident date: 2022-12-22
NAICS industry code: 813930

An employee was trying to open the forks on a forklift. The forklift's controls were adjusted and the forks came down, crushing the employee's right ring finger. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high