Incident date: 2023-07-25
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was driving a reach truck and approached an aisle from the dock when the vehicle struck a rack. The employee's left thumb was caught between a part of the reach truck and the crossbeam of the aisle, resulting in an amputation to their left thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high