Incident date: 2024-10-07
NAICS industry code: 311412

During a forklift training exercise, an employee was turning when the forklift struck a railing, crushing their left thumb between the railing and the forklift. The employee was hospitalized and sustained a thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Thumb(s)
severity: high