Incident date: 2019-10-22
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was unloading empty pallet carts. Tension was applied to a flat metal winch hook, and his middle fingertip was pinched between the hook and a pallet cart. He suffered a partial fingertip amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Drums, pulleys, sheaves
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high