Incident date: 2017-10-25
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was trying to move a barrel back onto a forklift when the pallet broke. The barrel then shifted, pinching the employee's finger between the barrel and the forklift mast. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high