Incident date: 2018-10-05
NAICS industry code: 493120

An employee's forklift struck a pallet of product while backing up. His left index finger was caught between the pallet and a leg guard on the forklift, and was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
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