Incident date: 2025-05-06
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was dumping garbage into a compactor and lifted the garbage using a forklift. His left middle finger was pinched in the forks as he used his right hand to release the latch. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high