Incident date: 2022-12-07
NAICS industry code: 333413

The injured employee was directing a forklift driver to lower a steel unit onto steel blocks. The injured employee was adjusting the blocks when the unit came down on his left hand, amputating the index finger at the nailbed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high