Incident date: 2023-01-05
NAICS industry code: 811118

An employee was replacing a drive unit in a forklift. While lowering the jack to put the drive unit in place, the jack slid out from under the power unit of the forklift, causing the employee's hand to be crushed. Three of the employee's fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other falling powered vehicle
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