Incident date: 2020-01-27
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was securing the forks to a forklift when the employee's fingers became pinched between the mast and the boom on the forklift, resulting in a left middle fingertip amputation.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high