Incident date: 2020-07-02
NAICS industry code: 336370

An employee was installing a hydraulic cylinder onto a forklift using an overhead crane. While manually maneuvering the cylinder into place, the employee s left thumb was pinched between the cylinder and the forklift carriage resulting an amputation up to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high