Incident date: 2022-12-09
NAICS industry code: 321911

An employee was operating an electric, sit-down forklift to transport solid wood doors. The doors began to split and the employee raised their hand through the forklift. The doors struck the employee in the left hand, resulting in a finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
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