Incident date: 2025-07-01
NAICS industry code: 339999

An employee was holding down a bottom board at the conveyor while a block was being placed on the conveyor using a forklift. When the forklift pulled away from the block, the injured employee's left index finger was pinched between the wooden board that the block was resting on and the metal edge of the conveyor. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Wood building materials  unspecified form
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high