Incident date: 2023-03-02
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was exiting the right side of a forklift to change its propane tank. The employee tripped while exiting and their finger became caught between the propane storage cage door and the frame of the forklift, resulting in an amputation of the little finger down to the last knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
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