Incident date: 2024-02-05
NAICS industry code: 324191

An employee was moving 55-gallon oil drums from a pallet on a forklift to a pallet on the floor. One of the oil drums collided with another oil drum, contacting the employee's left middle finger and causing a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
code_source: title: Barrels, drums, cans  nonpressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high