Incident date: 2023-03-27
NAICS industry code: 441320

An employee was unloading scrap tires from a forklift into a trailer. As the employee lowered the forklift mast to drop the tires, the tires became pinched between the forklift tines and the floor of the trailer. The employee then manually pushed the tires into the trailer and once free, the forklift tines lowered  onto his left ring finger, resulting in a laceration and skin loss.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate