Incident date: 2023-06-10
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was moving an 1,100-pound fluid end backing plate using a fork truck. The plate had shifted out of place. When the employee went to reposition the plate on the forks, the plate slipped and caught their left middle finger against the forks, resulting in partial amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high