Incident date: 2016-05-24
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee bumped a running pedestal fan while reversing a forklift, and the fan fell toward him. When he reached out to stop the fan, his right fingers went through the guard, amputating his right middle fingertip and lacerating/contusing his pointer and ring fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high