Incident date: 2018-11-02
NAICS industry code: 322130

An employee was pushing a loaded pallet to the end of a conveyor at a press. The employee noticed a plastic pad lying in front of the pallet and was removing it when the pallet, still rolling, pinched the employee's right ring finger against the metal conveyor end stop amputating it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Skids, pallets
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high