Incident date: 2020-01-22
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was helping another employee position a forklift attachment into place when the employee's left middle finger was caught in the positioning hole used to place a pin in the attachment and amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high