Incident date: 2024-04-04
NAICS industry code: 332111

An employee was spotting for a forklift operator while an 8-inch spool piece was being set on a jack stand, when his hand became caught between the flange of the spool piece and the ground. His left ring finger was crushed and the employee sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high