Incident date: 2018-04-23
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was helping to place a pin into a shoe bolt on a frame that was being raised and lowered by a forklift when material slipped and smashed the employee's left middle finger. The finger had to be surgically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high