Incident date: 2025-02-14
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was removing a dust tent from the top of a metal bin while a forklift was backing out with the bin. The employee's left middle fingertip was crushed between the tent and the bin, resulting in amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high