Incident date: 2021-05-28
NAICS industry code: 484122

An employee was backing down a dock with a large skid on the forks of his forklift. The forklift struck an upright I-beam. The employee's right hand was caught between the I-beam and the right rear upright post of the forklift's protective cage, causing the amputation of his pinky, middle, and ring fingers.

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