Incident date: 2023-10-23
NAICS industry code: 332722

An employee was fixing a loose rod on a forklift. His thumb was on the inner portion of the forklift between the mast and hydraulic cylinder. The employee asked a co-worker to move the forks and the hydraulic cylinder crushed his right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high