Incident date: 2018-09-07
NAICS industry code: 484110

A forklift operator had walked away from a forklift when an employee noticed the forks were covered with gravel. The employee was removing the gravel by hand when the forklift operator returned and began operating the forklift, unaware that the employee was below.  The forks then crushed the employee's right index finger, resulting in a medical amputation of the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high