Incident date: 2015-10-19
NAICS industry code: 321991

An employee was attempting to align the hydraulic mast tilt cylinder on a forklift so he could insert the locking pin. His finger was in the pin hole while he instructed the forklift operator to lower the hydraulic mast so the pin hole would line up and the pin could be inserted. He suffered a partial amputation of his left index finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high