Incident date: 2021-07-22
NAICS industry code: 325998

A temporary employee was cutting IBC bags of barite into a metal hopper to unload product. The employee's left hand was on the edge of the hopper as a forklift approached with a bag. The employee's pinky finger was caught between the hopper and the bag resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high