Incident date: 2021-03-23
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was jumping up to activate the tilt lever on a telehandler. The dump box tripped forward and came back down on the telehandler's forks, pinching the employee's left index finger. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
code_source: title: Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high