Incident date: 2023-11-04
NAICS industry code: 331221

On November 4, 2023, at 6:08 p.m., an employee was attempting to dump out scrap material from a hopper that was lifted off the ground by a forklift. As they went to unlatch the latches on the hopper, their left hand was crushed between the hopper and the forks of the forklift, resulting in an amputation of the middle finger.

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), n.e.c.
severity: high