Incident date: 2022-06-19
NAICS industry code: 326160

Two employees were sliding a 1,000-pound mold onto the forks of a powered industrial truck (PIT). The mold shifted on the forks and an employee's middle finger was pinched between the mold and the forks. The fingertip was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Dies, molds, patterns
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high