Incident date: 2019-01-23
NAICS industry code: 423720

An employee was attempting to retrieve an object off of the ground. He leaned over and braced himself with his left hand using part of a forklift. His hand contacted a metal fan inside of the forklift, resulting in a left index finger amputation to the first knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high