Incident date: 2022-08-06
NAICS industry code: 311224

On August 6, 2022, an employee was operating a stand-up forklift when it struck a fixed post. The employee's left thumb was caught between the forklift and the post, resulting in an amputation to the thumb.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high