Incident date: 2025-01-17
NAICS industry code: 453998

An employee was helping to move furniture on a pallet jack from one truck bed to another truck bed. The employee was guiding the pallet into the truck bed when their left index finger was pinched between the pallet and the truck bed, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Event or exposure  unspecified
code_source: title: Non-riding pallet jack
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high