Incident date: 2021-08-18
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was pushing the forks of a forklift to widen their position. He needed to get the forks around the hook it sits in. Once it cleared the hook, the fork slid quickly, catching the employee's right middle finger against the headache rack support. The finger was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
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