Incident date: 2015-11-16
NAICS industry code: 811310

An employee was repairing the overhead bracket, which holds the overhead guard, on a customer-owned forklift.  The overhead guard fell and caught the employee's finger between it and the frame of the forklift. The employee's middle left-hand finger was amputated approximately 1/4" to 1/2" from the tip (middle of the fingernail).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
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