LINCOLN, ILLINOIS—
Del Norte Harvesting LLC
Vehicle struck by falling or flying object(s), nonroadway · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
Final narrative
An employee was reversing a forklift in the warehouse when the lift struck a stack of boxes. The boxes fell onto the protection cage of the forklift and the employee's left little finger was crushed, resulting in medical amputation of the fingertip.
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