Incident date: 2017-11-09
NAICS industry code: 327120

On November 9, 2017, at approximately 10:30 AM, an employee was using a forklift truck to dump a dumpster full of trash. As the dumpster tipped forward, the weight of the dumpster shifted, catching the employee's finger between the fork of the fork truck and the dumpster. The employee's ring fingertip was amputated.

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: Fingertip(s)
severity: high