Incident date: 2018-05-24
NAICS industry code: 483113

A forklift was used to turn a rudder while an employee's hand was on the rudder stop. The tiller (attached to the rudder) pinched his right middle, ring, and little fingers against the stop. The fingers were amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high