Incident date: 2024-03-04
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was unloading a trash hopper into a dumpster using a skid steer with fork attachments when his fingers became crushed between the fork attachment and the trash hopper. This resulted in partial amputation of the index and middle fingers on the left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high