Incident date: 2025-01-23
NAICS industry code: 928110

An employee was loading equipment onto a forklift when the shackle from the sling fell to the ground. While the employee was retrieving the shackle from under the forks, the moveable fork that was propped up on the shackle fell onto his left middle finger. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the fingertip.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
code_source: title: Vehicle and machine front attachments
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high