Incident date: 2020-05-30
NAICS industry code: 312120

An employee was operating a forklift when it got stuck on low overhead ducts. As the employee tried to back up, his right hand was caught between the forklift's overhead cage and a duct. His little finger was amputated.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high