Incident date: 2018-02-07
NAICS industry code: 424490

An employee was replacing a wheel on a forklift. When the employee lowered the jack on the forklift the employee's right thumb was caught in the wheel spindle resulting in an amputation.

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