Incident date: 2019-10-25
NAICS industry code: 314999

An employee was dumping a container of scrap wood that was attached to forklift forks into a dumpster when his finger was pinched between the container and the dumpster, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high