Incident date: 2025-01-15
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was using a forklift to move five 2,000-pound rolls of plastic that were stacked on top of each other. The topmost roll began to fall. As he attempted to stabilized it, his left index finger was caught between the roll and the cage of the forklift. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Reels, rolls, spools, coils
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high